Euphyllia cristata Green Grape Coral / Fat Tentacle Torch Coral

Euphyllia cristata is commonly referred to as Green Grape Coral / Fat Tentacle Torch Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Mediamente facile. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 3880
AphiaID:: 289214

Scientific:: Euphyllia cristata
German:: Grüne Trauben-Koralle
English:: Green Grape Coral / Fat Tentacle Torch Coral

Category:: Coralli duri LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Euphylliidae (Family) > Euphyllia (Genus) > cristata (Species)
Initial determination:: Chevalier, 1971

Occurrence:: American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Cambodia, Fiji, Guam, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna
Sea depth:: 1 - 35 Meter
Size:: up to 7.87" (20 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Dustfood , Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
Difficulty:: Mediamente facile
Offspring:: Easy to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

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

Red List:

Vulnerable (VU)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Euphyllia baliensis
Großpolypige Steinkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2011-10-23 22:00:09
Last edit:: 2018-10-11 19:25:28

Captive breeding / propagation

Euphyllia cristata is easy to breed. There are offspring in the trade available. If you are interested in Euphyllia cristata, please contact us at Your dealer for a progeny instead of a wildcat. You help to protect the natural stocks.

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Euphyllia cristata, Chevalier, 1971

Coral ID, Charlie Veron:

"Characters: Colonies are phaceloid; corallites are closely compacted, 20-40 millimetres diameter. Small solitary polyps are common. Primary septa are very exsert and are conspicuous underwater. First and second order septa plunge steeply near the centre of the corallite. There are no columellae. Polyps have large tubular tentacles with knob-like tips. Colour: Usually pale grey or green, with distinctively coloured tips to the tentacles".

Korallenriff Magazin

Ausgabe #8
Euphyllias

Euphyllia (para)glabrescens sind unter Blaulicht oft besonders schön, divers gefärbt und meist exorbitant teuer. Wir schauen uns heute in diesem Beitrag die besonders bunten und damit teils sündhaft teuren Arten an, nämlich die Golden Torch und Holy Grail.