Platoma cyclocolpum Red Alga

Platoma cyclocolpum is commonly referred to as Red Alga. 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:

18308 

AphiaID:

371052 

Scientific:

Platoma cyclocolpum 

German:

Rotalge 

English:

Red Alga 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Plantae (Kingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Nemastomatales (Order) > Schizymeniaceae (Family) > Platoma (Genus) > cyclocolpum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Montagne) F.Schmitz, 1894 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Australia, Azores, Balearic Islands, Bermuda, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Greece, Italy, KwaZulu-Natal (Province East Coast South Africa), Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Madeira, New Caledonia, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, South-Africa, the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Netherlands Antilles, Wallis and Futuna 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 20 Meter 

Habitats:

Coralline soils, coral quarry, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Photosynthesis 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Platoma cyclocolpum
  Rotalge

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-04-29 17:18:11 

Last edit:

2026-04-29 17:28:01 

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