Pourtalosmilia anthophyllites Pourtalosmilia anthophyllites

Pourtalosmilia anthophyllites is commonly referred to as Pourtalosmilia anthophyllites. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10450 

AphiaID:

135166 

Scientific:

Pourtalosmilia anthophyllites 

German:

Großpolypige Steinkoralle 

English:

Pourtalosmilia Anthophyllites 

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Pourtalosmilia (Genus) > anthophyllites (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Ellis & Solander, ), 1786 

Occurrence:

Straße von Gibraltar, East-Atlantic Ocean, Morocco, Portugal, Senegal, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa 

Sea depth:

20 - 180 Meter 

Size:

up to 0.39" (1 cm) 

Temperature:

12,9 °F - 15,4 °F (12,9°C - 15,4°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

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:

• 
  Pourtalosmilia anthophyllites
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• Pourtalosmilia conferta

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-02-19 19:02:38 

Last edit:

2017-02-19 19:44:00 

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