Paracyathus stearnsii Brown cup coral

Paracyathus stearnsii wird umgangssprachlich oft als Steinkoralle bezeichnet.

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lexID:

10378 

AphiaID:

286830 

Scientific:

Paracyathus stearnsii  

German:

Großpolypige Steinkoralle 

English:

Brown Cup Coral  

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Paracyathus (Genus) > stearnsii (Species) 

Initial determination:

Verrill, 1869 

Occurrence:

Canada , Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), USA 

Sea depth:

9 - 60 Meter 

Size:

4,00 cm 

Temperature:

4,5 °F - 16,6 °F (4,5°C - 16,6°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Crustaceans, Invertebrates, Mysis, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

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:

• Paracyathus andersoni
• Paracyathus arcuatus
• Paracyathus cavatus
• Paracyathus conceptus
• Paracyathus coronatus
• Paracyathus darwinensis
• Paracyathus ebonensis
• Paracyathus fulvus
• Paracyathus humilis
• Paracyathus indicus
• Paracyathus lifuensis
• Paracyathus molokensis
• Paracyathus montereyensis
• Paracyathus parvulus
• Paracyathus porcellanus
• 
  Paracyathus profundus
  Großpolyige Steinkoralle, Kelchkoralle
• Paracyathus pruinosus
• 
  Paracyathus pulchellus
  Becherkoralle
• Paracyathus rotundatus
• 
  Paracyathus stearnsii
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• Paracyathus stokesii
• Paracyathus vittatus
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-01-25 19:54:54 

Last edit:

2017-01-25 20:21:01 

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