Helioseris cucullata Sunray Lettuce Coral

Helioseris cucullatais commonly referred to as Sunray Lettuce Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien, Australien

Leptoseris cucullata. Caribbean. The usual appearance of a partly encrusting explanate colony. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

Courtesy of the author Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien, Australien . Please visit www.coralsoftheworld.org for more information.

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lexID:: 4400
AphiaID:: 290083

Scientific:: Helioseris cucullata
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Sunray Lettuce Coral

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Agariciidae (Family) > Helioseris (Genus) > cucullata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Ellis & Solander, ), 1786

Occurrence:: Barbados, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico (East Pacific), Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S.
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:: 10 - 40 Meter
Size:: 7.87" - 19.69" (20cm - 50cm)
Temperature:: 79.34 °F - 83.12 °F (26.3°C - 28.4°C)
Food:: Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, Dissolved organic substances, Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 33 gal (~ 150L)
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:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Helioseris cucullata
Großpolypige Steinkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-05-17 17:05:51
Last edit:: 2020-09-18 13:10:06

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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“From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”
Ellis and Solander, 1786

Characters: Colonies are flat plates which may be encrusting or tiered. Corallites are closely compacted, large, outwardly inclined, with a tendency to form concentric rows. Septo-costae strongly alternate.

Colour: Brown, sometimes with pale margins and/or pale corallite centres.

Habitat: Shallow or deep reef environments.

Abundance: Sometimes common.

Similar species: Leptoseris mycetoseroides

Synonyms:
Leptoseris cucullata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Madrepora cucculata Ellis & Solander, 1786

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Agariciidae (Family) > Helioseris (Genus) > Helioseris cucullata (Species)

External links

Coralpedia (en). Abgerufen am 18.09.2020.
Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Leptoseris cucullata. Caribbean. The usual appearance of a partly encrusting explanate colony. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

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