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Schizoculina africana Schizoculina africana

Schizoculina africana is commonly referred to as Schizoculina africana. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
5662 
AphiaID:
430678 
Scientific:
Schizoculina africana 
German:
Steinkoralle 
English:
Schizoculina Africana 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Oculinidae (Family) > Schizoculina (Genus) > africana (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Thiel, ), 1928 
Occurrence:
Gambia, Benin, Cameroon, East-Atlantic Ocean, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Ivory Coast, Togo, West Africa 
Size:
up to 39.37" (100 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
109.99 gal (~ 500L)  
Difficulty:
Not for beginners 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2013-06-24 18:47:45 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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(Thiel, 1928)

Colonies are encrusting to branching, sometimes over one metre across. Branches are primarily horizontal and may have a zig-zag shape. Corallites are circular, less than 4 millimetres diameter and are mostly on the upper surface of branches. Budding is extratentacular. A paliform crown is well developed.

Colour: Dark brown to grey.

Habitat: Rocky foreshores up to 35 metres depth.

Abundance: Uncommon.

Similar species: Schizoculina fissipara

External links

  1. Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. EDGE (Coral Reef Species Information) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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