Rhizosmilia gerdae Steinkoralle

Rhizosmilia gerdae is commonly referred to as Steinkoralle. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

10283 

AphiaID:

290973 

Scientific:

Rhizosmilia gerdae 

German:

Steinkoralle 

English:

Steinkoralle 

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Rhizosmilia (Genus) > gerdae (Species) 

Initial determination:

Cairns, 1978 

Occurrence:

Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Cuba, Dominica, Mexico (East Pacific), Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands, U.S. 

Sea depth:

123 - 338 Meter 

Size:

2,6 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 17,4 °F (°C - 17,4°C) 

Food:

Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

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

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Rhizosmilia elata
• 
  Rhizosmilia gerdae
  Steinkoralle
• Rhizosmilia maculata
• Rhizosmilia multipaliferus
• Rhizosmilia robusta
• Rhizosmilia sagamiensis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-12-28 22:05:03 

Last edit:

2016-12-28 23:22:45 

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