Pachyseris speciosa Serpent Coral

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

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lexID:

645 

AphiaID:

207293 

Scientific:

Pachyseris speciosa 

German:

Rinnenkoralle, Rillenkoralle 

English:

Serpent Coral 

Category:

Coralli duri LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Pachyseridae (Family) > Pachyseris (Genus) > speciosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Dana, ), 1846 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, Sudan, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, China, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Rodriguez, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Togean Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam 

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:

4 - 35 Meter 

Habitats:

Reef slopes, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 78.74" (200 cm) 

Temperature:

24,7 °F - 84.2 °F (24,7°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, CO2, Dissolved organic substances, Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

33 gal (~ 150L)  

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:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Pachyseris foliosa
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Pachyseris gemmae
  Großpojypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Pachyseris rugosa
  Elefantenhautkoralle
• 
  Pachyseris speciosa
  Rinnenkoralle, Rillenkoralle

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pachyseris inattesa
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Pachyseris involuta
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-11 16:21:09 

Last edit:

2024-09-12 19:42:42 

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