Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) huinayensis Huinay cup coral

Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) huinayensisis commonly referred to as Huinay cup coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. Vreni Häussermann, Chile

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AphiaID:: 286747

Scientific:: Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) huinayensis
German:: Becherkoralle, Nelkenkoralle, Kreiselkoralle
English:: Huinay Cup Coral

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Caryophyllia (Genus) > (Caryophyllia) huinayensis (Species)
Initial determination:: Cairns, Haeussermann & Foersterra, 2005

Occurrence:: Chile, South America
Sea depth:: 9 - 800 Meter
Size:: 1,87 cm
Temperature:: 39.2 °F - 13,5 °F (4°C - 13,5°C)
Food:: Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates, Marine snow, 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:

Caryophyllia abrupta
Caryophyllia abyssorum
Caryophyllia alberti
Caryophyllia ambrosia
Caryophyllia antarctica
Caryophyllia antillarum
Caryophyllia arnoldi
Caryophyllia atlantica
Caryophyllia balaenacea
Caryophyllia barbadensis
Caryophyllia berteriana
Caryophyllia calveri
Caryophyllia capensis
Caryophyllia cincticulatus
Caryophyllia cornulum
Caryophyllia corrugata
Caryophyllia crosnieri
Caryophyllia crypta
Caryophyllia decamera
Caryophyllia dentata
Caryophyllia diomedeae
Caryophyllia elongata
Caryophyllia eltaninae
Caryophyllia ephyala
Caryophyllia foresti
Caryophyllia grandis
Caryophyllia grayi
Caryophyllia hawaiiensis
Caryophyllia horologium
Caryophyllia jogashimaensis
Caryophyllia karubarica
Caryophyllia lamellifera
Caryophyllia mabahithi
Caryophyllia marmorea
Caryophyllia octonaria
Caryophyllia octopali
Caryophyllia paradoxus
Caryophyllia paucipalata
Caryophyllia pauciseptata
Caryophyllia perculta
Caryophyllia planilamellata
Caryophyllia polygona
Caryophyllia quadragenaria
Caryophyllia quangdongensis
Caryophyllia ralphae
Caryophyllia rugosa
Caryophyllia sarsiae
Caryophyllia scillaemorpha
Caryophyllia scobinosa
Caryophyllia secta
Caryophyllia seguenzae
Caryophyllia solida
Caryophyllia spinicarens
Caryophyllia spinigera
Caryophyllia squiresi
Caryophyllia stellula
Caryophyllia transversalis
Caryophyllia unicristata
Caryophyllia valdiviae
Caryophyllia zanzibarensis
Caryophyllia zopyros

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2019-12-05 20:16:06
Last edit:: 2019-12-22 12:28:09

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Very special thanks for the first photo of Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) huinayensis (Cairns, Haeussermann & Foersterra, 2005) to Dr. Vreni Häussermann!

Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) huinayensis is found on steep walls, under overhangs and in caves on hard substrates at depths of 11 to 800 meters..
This azooxanthellate cup coral It is often associated with Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794).

External links

A review of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria : Anthozoa) of Chile, with the description of two new species (en). Abgerufen am 19.11.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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