Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bairdiana Porous Cup Coral

Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bairdianais commonly referred to as Porous Cup Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9113 

AphiaID:

286901 

Scientific:

Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bairdiana 

German:

Steinkoralle 

English:

Porous Cup Coral 

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Dendrophylliidae (Family) > Balanophyllia (Genus) > (Balanophyllia) bairdiana (Species) 

Initial determination:

Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 

Occurrence:

Arafura Sea, Australia, Bass Strait, Great Australian Bigh, India, New South Wales (Australia), Western Australia 

Sea depth:

30 - 128 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 1.18" (1cm - 3cm) 

Temperature:

55.4 °F - 77 °F (13°C - 25°C) 

Food:

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

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

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:

• Balanophyllia bairdiana
• Balanophyllia bayeri
• Balanophyllia bonaespei
• Balanophyllia buccina
• Balanophyllia capensis
• Balanophyllia caribbeana
• Balanophyllia carinata
• Balanophyllia cedrosensis
• Balanophyllia cellulosa
• Balanophyllia chnous
• Balanophyllia corniculans
• Balanophyllia cornu
• Balanophyllia crassiseptum
• Balanophyllia crassitheca
• Balanophyllia cumingii
• Balanophyllia cyathoides
• Balanophyllia dentata
• Balanophyllia desmophyllioides
• Balanophyllia diademata
• Balanophyllia diffusa
• Balanophyllia dineta
• Balanophyllia diomedeae
• Balanophyllia dubia
• Balanophyllia elegans
• Balanophyllia elliptica
• Balanophyllia elongata
• Balanophyllia europaea
• Balanophyllia floridana
• Balanophyllia galapagensis
• Balanophyllia gemma
• Balanophyllia gemmifera
• Balanophyllia generatrix
• Balanophyllia gigas
• Balanophyllia hadros
• Balanophyllia imperialis
• Balanophyllia iwayamaensis
• Balanophyllia japonica
• Balanophyllia javaensis
• Balanophyllia laysanensis
• Balanophyllia malouiensis
• Balanophyllia merguiensis
• Balanophyllia palifera
• Balanophyllia parallela
• Balanophyllia parvula
• Balanophyllia pittieri
• Balanophyllia ponderosa
• Balanophyllia profundicella
• Balanophyllia rediviva
• Balanophyllia regalis
• Balanophyllia regia
• Balanophyllia scabra
• Balanophyllia scabrosa
• Balanophyllia serrata
• Balanophyllia spongiosa
• Balanophyllia stimpsonii
• Balanophyllia sumbayaensis
• Balanophyllia taprobanae
• Balanophyllia tenuis
• Balanophyllia teres
• Balanophyllia thalassae
• Balanophyllia ukrainensis
• Balanophyllia vanderhorsti
• Balanophyllia wellsi
• Balanophyllia yongei
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bairdiana
  Steinkoralle
• 
  Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bonaespei
  Solitäre Steinkoralle
• 
  Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cumingii
  Großpolyige Steinkoralle, Kelchkoralle
• 
  Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) elegans
  Solitäre Steinkoralle
• 
  Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) europaea
  Vielfarbige Solitärkoralle
• 
  Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) regia
  Goldene Sternkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-01-05 13:28:19 

Last edit:

2020-03-11 23:01:26 

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