Leptoseris cailleti Lace lettuce coral

Leptoseris cailleti is commonly referred to as Lace lettuce coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien

Foto aus der Karibik mit der Steinkoralle Agaricia agaricites mitte oben, lilafarben

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AphiaID:: 288718

Scientific:: Leptoseris cailleti
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Lace Lettuce Coral

Category:: LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Agariciidae (Family) > Leptoseris (Genus) > cailleti (Species)
Initial determination:: (Duchassaing & Michelotti, ), 1864

Occurrence:: Guadeloupe, Barbados, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Canada Eastern Pacific, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Minor Outlying Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 30 - 150 Meter
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C)
Food:: Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, CO2, Dissolved organic substances, Zooxanthellae / Light
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country))

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-07-15 10:56:40
Last edit:: 2017-07-15 12:20:33

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Leptoseris cailleti are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Leptoseris cailleti, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Leptoseris cailleti, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World

Colonies are horizontal, unifacial, subdividing fronds which are highly twisted and may fuse. Corallites are aligned on the centre of narrow parts of fronds or several may be aligned transversely on broad parts. They are strongly outwardly inclined.

Colour: Pale brown.

Habitat: Restricted to deep water (below 30 metres).

Abundance: Seldom seen by divers.

Similar species: Leptoseris gardineri , Leptoseris papyracea

Synonyms:
Agaricia cailletti (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Mycedium cailleti Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Agariciidae (Family) > Leptoseris (Genus) > Leptoseris cailleti (Species)

External links

Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Foto aus der Karibik mit der Steinkoralle Agaricia agaricites mitte oben, lilafarben

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