Danafungia horrida Klunzinger's Mushroom Coral

Danafungia horridais commonly referred to as Klunzinger's Mushroom Coral. 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 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5434 

AphiaID:

716608 

Scientific:

Danafungia horrida 

German:

Klunzingers Pilzkoralle 

English:

Klunzinger's Mushroom Coral 

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Danafungia (Genus) > horrida (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Dana, ), 1846 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, Sudan, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Comores, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen 

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 - 40 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Lagoons, Reef slopes, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

25,7 °F - 29,1 °F (25,7°C - 29,1°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

65.99 gal (~ 300L)  

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:

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

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Danafungia horrida
  Klunzingers Pilzkoralle
• 
  Danafungia scruposa
  Pilzkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-05-09 14:22:30 

Last edit:

2024-02-23 12:38:24 

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