Pseudodiploria strigosa

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lexID:: 3154
AphiaID:: 718718

Scientific:: Pseudodiploria strigosa
German:: Hirnkoralle
English:: Brain Coral, Symmetrical Brain Coral

Category:: Coralli duri LPS
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Faviidae (Family) > Pseudodiploria (Genus) > strigosa (Species)
Initial determination:: (Dana, ), 1846

Occurrence:: Venezuela, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Columbia, Barbados, Haiti, Panama, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Cuba, Guatemala, Anguilla, Antigua e Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Curacao, Dominica, Florida, Golfo del Messico, Grenada, Honduras, Isole Cayman, Isole Turks e Caicos, Isole Vergini britanniche, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Repubblica Dominicana, Saint Kitts e Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent e Grenadines, Trinidad e Tobago, USA
Sea depth:: 0,5 - 55 Meter
Size:: bis zu 300cm
Temperature:: 22°C - 28°C
Food:: fitoplancton, Plancton, zooplancton, Zooxantelle/Luce
Tank:: ~ 100000 Liter
Difficulty:: Facile
Offspring:: Not available as offspring

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
CITES:: Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country))
Red List:: Least concern (LC)

More related species in this lexicon:

Pseudodiploria strigosa
Hirnkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2010-05-02 17:48:42
Last edit:: 2019-08-19 21:20:03

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Diploria strigosa is the most common type Diploria in West Atlantic reefs. The species is very often the dominant coral in shallow water, where large hemispherical colonies often grow over three meters in diameter. Frequent "roommate" are Spirobranchus tubeworms.

Class : Anthozoa
Order : Scleractinia
Family : Faviidae
Genus : Diploria
Species : Diploria strigosa

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