Cladocora caespitosa Pillow Coral, Mediterranean Pillow Coral

Cladocora caespitosa is commonly referred to as Pillow Coral, Mediterranean Pillow Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 5221
AphiaID:: 135146

Scientific:: Cladocora caespitosa
German:: Rasenkoralle
English:: Pillow Coral, Mediterranean Pillow Coral

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Scleractinia incertae sedis (Family) > Cladocora (Genus) > caespitosa (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1767

Occurrence:: Straße von Gibraltar, Tunesien, the Black Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, Croatia, Cyprus, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Florida, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean), Lybia, Malta, Morocco, Northern Africa, Palestine, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey, West Africa
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:: 0 - 30 Meter
Habitats:: Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils
Size:: up to 19.69" (50 cm)
Temperature:: 17,6 °F - 21,6 °F (17,6°C - 21,6°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 109.99 gal (~ 500L)
Difficulty:: Average
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

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

Red List:

Endangered (EN)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-04-02 15:54:03
Last edit:: 2026-02-05 09:09:04

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Cladocora caespitosa are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Cladocora caespitosa, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Cladocora caespitosa, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767)

Characters: Colonies are phaceloid, up to 0.5 metres across. Corallites are tubular, 4-5 millimetres diameter, and are compacted together forming clumps.
Septo-costae are in two alternating orders, only the first of which usually reaches the columella. Columellae and paliform lobes may both be well developed. Only colonies from water shallow enough for light penetration are zooxanthellate.

Colour: Cream or brown with brown tentacles.

Habitat: Shallow rocky substrates, to deep water where colonies are azooxanthellate.<

Abundance: Uncommon.

Similar species: Cladocora arbuscula

Synonym: Madrepora caespitosa Linnaeus, 1767

Source: Corals of the World, J.E.N. Charlie Veron

Synonymised names
Caryophyllia caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cladocora astraearia Sars, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cladocora caespitosa var. megastoma Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cladocora caespitosa var. microstoma Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cladocora cespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Cladocora cespitosa var. astraearia Sars, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cladocora cespitosa var. stellaria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cladocora cespitosa var. typica Pax & Müller, 1954 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cladocora stellaria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hoplangia pallaryi Joubin, 1930 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora caespitosa Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Matrepora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Direct children (4)
Forma Cladocora caespitosa f. incrostante Rossi, 1957 accepted as Polycyathus muellerae (Abel, 1959) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Cladocora caespitosa var. megastoma Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Cladocora caespitosa var. microstoma Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Cladocora caespitosa var. mulleri Abel, 1959 accepted as Polycyathus muellerae (Abel, 1959) (unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Cladocora caespitosa,Provence-Alpes-Côte 2024

Husbandry know-how of owners

blacksea
@blacksea

am 21.12.14#1

Ich habe diese Koralle in einem Yachthafenbecken in Nordgriechenland entdeckt. Sie wächst dort auf Steinen im flachen Wasser (zooxanthellat). Die Polypen sind fast ständig geöffnet. Sie fängt aus dem Wasser ihre Nahrung, sonst lebt sie von Licht. Zwischen den Polypen leben viele Kleinstlebewesen: junge Pisidia, Gammarus; Seespinnen und Einsiedler reinigen die Zwischenräume. Die Polypen sind jetzt zum Teil deutlich grösser als am Anfang und die Tentakelspitzen leuchten weiss.

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