Phyllangia americana mouchezii Hidden cup coral

Phyllangia americana moucheziiis 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:

Brazil, East-Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Northern Africa, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa 

Sea depth:

30 - 200 Meter 

Size:

up to 3.94" (10 cm) 

Temperature:

16,7 °F - 24,3 °F (16,7°C - 24,3°C) 

Food:

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
  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:

2019-03-20 13:04:20 

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