Caulastraea curvata

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Caulastraea curvata Fingerkoralle

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lexID:: 682
AphiaID:: 718745

Scientific:: Caulastraea curvata
German:: Fingerkoralle
English:: Trumpet Coral

Category:: Coralli duri LPS
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Caulastraea (Genus) > curvata (Species)
Initial determination:: Wijsman-Best, 1972

Occurrence:: Vietnam, Cebu, Nauru, Celebes Sea, Kiribati, Wallis and Futuna, Tuvalu, Australia, Bunaken, Fiji, Filippine, Giappone, Giava, Indonesia, Isole Marshall, Isole Salomon, Malesia, Mar Cinese meridionale, Mare di banda, Micronesia, Nuova Caledonia, Palau, Papua Nuova Guinea, Singapore, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Tailandia, Taiwan, Vanuatu
Sea depth:: 1 - 40 Meter
Size:: 3 cm - 4 cm
Temperature:: 24°C - 27°C
Food:: fitoplancton, Plancton, zooplancton, Zooxantelle/Luce
Tank:: ~ 100 Liter
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:

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-09-13 21:41:37
Last edit:: 2018-02-11 11:53:49

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Husbandry

Description: Colonies are usually small. Corallites are sometimes compact, but usually sprawl irregularly. They are characteristically curved at the colony periphery and average 8 millimetres diameter.

Habitat: Flat substrates, often found with C. furcata.

Abundance:
Similar Species: Caulastrea furcata, which can be distinguished underwater by its colour; corallites are also more regular, larger, have more numerous septa and better developed costae.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Caulastraea (Genus)

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Daniel B. am 05.08.08#1

Wohl die schnellwüchsigste LPS überhaupt; ein jeder Polyp (der seitlich genug Platz hat) teilt sich alle 4 Wochen....
Verträgt viel Licht, wächst aber auch noch im Schatten, für starke Farben ist aber kräftige Beleuchtung vorzuziehen....
Regenerationsfähigkeit ist enorm, selbst wenn kleine Stücke eines Polypen abgebrochen sind, werden diese innerhalb kurzer Zeit neu gebildet...

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