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Clavularia crassa Clavularia crassa

Clavularia crassa is commonly referred to as Clavularia crassa. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Sylvain Le Bris, Frankreich

Foto: Moyades, Marseille, Frankreich, Mittelmeer

/ 20.06.2026
Courtesy of the author Sylvain Le Bris, Frankreich . Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
8587 
AphiaID:
125338 
Scientific:
Clavularia crassa 
German:
Röhrenkoralle 
English:
Clavularia Crassa 
Category:
Stolonifera 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Clavulariidae (Family) > Clavularia (Genus) > crassa (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Milne Edwards, ), 1848 
Occurrence:
Straße von Gibraltar, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), European Coasts, France, Greece, Northern Africa, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
- 30 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 1.97" (5 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 75.2 °F (°C - 24°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
11 gal (~ 50L)  
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-07-06 15:13:31 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Clavularia crassa (Milne Edwards, 1848)

Synonymised names
Anthelia crassa (Milne Edwards, 1848) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Anthelia petricola (Kowalevsky & Marion, 1883) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Clavularia inordinata Tixier-Durivault & Lafargue, 1968 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Clavularia ochracea von Koch, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Clavularia petricola Kowalevsky & Marion, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Clavularia steveninoae d'Hondt & Tixier-Durivault, 1975 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cornularia crassa Milne Edwards, 1848 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)

External links

  1. Italiano IUCN (en). Abgerufen am 03.10.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Clavularia crassa © Géry PARENT ou Copyright Géry PARENT
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Foto: Pouars, Marseille, Frankreich, Mittelmeer
Foto: Moyades, Marseille, Frankreich, Mittelmeer

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