Atlantia caboverdiana Cup coral

Atlantia caboverdiana is commonly referred to as Cup 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.

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lexID:

11170 

AphiaID:

865544 

Scientific:

Atlantia caboverdiana 

German:

Kelchkoralle 

English:

Cup Coral 

Category:

LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Dendrophylliidae (Family) > Atlantia (Genus) > caboverdiana (Species) 

Initial determination:

Ocaña & Brito, 2015 

Occurrence:

East-Atlantic Ocean, Endemic species, the Cape Verde Archipelago, West Africa 

Sea depth:

1 - 19 Meter 

Size:

1,3 cm 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

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:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Atlantia caboverdiana
  Kelchkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-10-28 17:58:21 

Last edit:

2020-03-24 22:38:50 

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