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Leptoseris papyracea Porcelain Coral

Leptoseris papyracea is commonly referred to as Porcelain Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town

Leptoseris papyracea, Crystal Blue Resort house reef QW49+7FW, Mabini, Batangas, Philippines 2025 (CC-BY-SA)


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lexID:
4398 
AphiaID:
207278 
Scientific:
Leptoseris papyracea 
German:
Porzellankoralle 
English:
Porcelain Coral 
Category:
LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Agariciidae (Family) > Leptoseris (Genus) > papyracea (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Dana, ), 1846 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, Aldabra Group, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Banda Sea, Bunaken, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Hawaii, Honduras, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Johnston Atoll, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico (East Pacific), Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sulu Sea , Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Timor, Tonga, Tuvalu, USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Pacific Ocean 
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:
15 - 368 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 
Size:
7.87" - 11.81" (20cm - 30cm) 
Temperature:
16,1 °F - 82.4 °F (16,1°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
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:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-04-23 18:12:37 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Info

Leptoseris papyracea (Dana, 1846)

Characters: Colonies are delicate, unifacial, contorted, irregularly divided fronds, each frond having just a few corallites. Tentacles are sometimes extended during the day.

Colour: Pale brown upper surface. Pale brown or white undersurface.

Habitat: Usually restricted to inter-reef areas on soft horizontal substrates where there is little sediment movement, but occasionally occurs in shallow habitats between the branches of other corals.

Abundance: Usually uncommon but may be a dominant species.

Synonymised names
Agaricia crispa Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Folioseris crispa (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Folioseris papyracea (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Haloseris crispa (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Haloseris lactuca Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptoseris crispa (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptoseris digitata Vaughan, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptoseris panamensis Durham & Barnard, 1952 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptoseris zamboi Nemenzo, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pavona pretosia Bassett-Smith, 1890 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pavona ramosa Bassett-Smith, 1890 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pavonia crispa (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pavonia papyracea Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Pavonia pretiosa Bassett-Smith, 1890 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pavonia ramosa Bassett-Smith, 1890 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

  1. Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Leptoseris papyracea. Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Showing both upper and lower surfaces of twisted fronds. Photograph: Charlie Veron.
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Leptoseris papyracea, Crystal Blue Resort house reef QW49+7FW, Mabini, Batangas, Philippines 2025 (CC-BY-SA)

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