Phyllangia americana mouchezii Hidden cup coral

Phyllangia americana mouchezii is commonly referred to as Hidden cup coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

8758 

AphiaID:

287740 

Scientific:

Phyllangia americana mouchezii 

German:

Große Kelchkoralle 

English:

Hidden Cup Coral 

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Phyllangia (Genus) > americana mouchezii (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lacaze-Duthiers, ), 1897 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, Brazil, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Florida, France, Greece, Gulf of Mexico, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Lebanon, Northeast Atlantic, Northern Africa, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, 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:

30 - 200 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 3.94" (10 cm) 

Temperature:

16,7 °F - 24,3 °F (16,7°C - 24,3°C) 

Food:

azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates, Mysis, Zooplankton 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

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)) 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Phyllangia americana
  Versteckte Kelchkoralle
• Phyllangia consagensis
• Phyllangia dispersa
• Phyllangia echinosepes
• Phyllangia granulata
• Phyllangia hayamaensis
• Phyllangia papuensis
• Phyllangia pequegnatae

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Phyllangia americana mouchezii
  Große Kelchkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-09-19 12:15:41 

Last edit:

2025-07-14 20:54:55 

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