Psammocora nierstraszi Stony Coral

Psammocora nierstraszi is commonly referred to as Stony Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Mediamente facile. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

578 

AphiaID:

207261 

Scientific:

Psammocora nierstraszi 

German:

Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle 

English:

Stony Coral 

Category:

Coralli duri SPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Psammocoridae (Family) > Psammocora (Genus) > nierstraszi (Species) 

Initial determination:

Van der Horst, 1921 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Cambodia, Chile, Comores, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Johnston Atoll, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

1 - 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 19.69" (50 cm) 

Temperature:

76.46 °F - 83.84 °F (24.7°C - 28.8°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

33 gal (~ 150L)  

Difficulty:

Mediamente facile 

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:

• 
  Psammocora albopicta
  Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Psammocora contigua
  Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Psammocora digitata
  Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Psammocora nierstraszi
  Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Psammocora profundacella
  Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Psammocora stellata
  Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Psammocora columna
  Steinkoralle
• 
  Psammocora exesa
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Psammocora haimiana
  Steinkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-10 12:10:05 

Last edit:

2018-07-02 15:42:12 

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