Blastomussa loyae Blastomussa loyae

Blastomussa loyae is commonly referred to as Blastomussa loyae. Difficulty in the aquarium: Vanskelig. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

8641 

AphiaID:

207387 

Scientific:

Blastomussa loyae 

German:

Großpolypige Steinkoralle 

English:

Blastomussa Loyae 

Category:

LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Plerogyridae (Family) > Blastomussa (Genus) > loyae (Species) 

Initial determination:

Head, 1978 

Occurrence:

Kuwait, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Eritrea, Sudan, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, Arabian Sea, Australia, Bahrain, Cambodia, China, Comores, East Africa, Egypt, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Red Sea, Réunion , Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 

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:

2 - 50 Meter 

Size:

0.16" - 0.39" (0.4cm - 1cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Copepods, Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, CO2, Dissolved organic substances, Dustfood , Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

Vanskelig 

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:

• 
  Blastomussa merleti
  Ananaskoralle
• 
  Blastomussa wellsi
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Blastomussa angulares
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Blastomussa loyae
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Blastomussa omanensis
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Blastomussa vivida
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-08-05 13:19:09 

Last edit:

2024-12-03 14:42:22 

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