Oulophyllia bennettae Intermediate valley coral

Oulophyllia bennettae is commonly referred to as Intermediate valley coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Mediamente facile. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended.

Profile

lexID:

2296 

AphiaID:

288394 

Scientific:

Oulophyllia bennettae 

German:

Oulophyllia bennettae 

English:

Intermediate Valley Coral 

Category:

Coralli duri LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Oulophyllia (Genus) > bennettae (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, ), 1977 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, Eritrea, American Samoa, Australia, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

33 gal (~ 150L)  

Difficulty:

Mediamente facile 

CITES:

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

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Oulophyllia bennettae
  Oulophyllia bennettae
• 
  Oulophyllia crispa
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Oulophyllia levis
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Oulophyllia wellsi
  großpolypige Steinkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-07-08 22:23:37 

Last edit:

2007-07-12 13:05:29 

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