Cladopsammia gracilis Dendrophyllia gracilis

Cladopsammia gracilisis commonly referred to as Dendrophyllia gracilis. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 2580
AphiaID:: 286958

Scientific:: Cladopsammia gracilis
German:: Kelchkoralle
English:: Dendrophyllia Gracilis

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Dendrophylliidae (Family) > Cladopsammia (Genus) > gracilis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Milne Edwards & Haime, ), 1848

Occurrence:: Kuwait, Hong Kong, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Australia, Central Pazific, China, Corea, Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Fiji, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Western Pacific Ocean
Marine Zone:: Supratidal (Supralitoral), spray water area (splash water area) above the tidal influence where the influence of the sea clearly outweighs that of the land.
Sea depth:: 0 - 95 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 2.36" (6 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 78.8 °F (24°C - 26°C)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Zooplankton
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
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:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2008-08-31 11:46:01
Last edit:: 2024-02-29 19:14:23

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Cladopsammia gracilis are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Cladopsammia gracilis, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Cladopsammia gracilis, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Cladopsammia gracilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)

Biology: azooxanthellate coral.

Synonymised names
Cladopsammia coarctata (Duncan, 1889) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dendrophyllia arbuscula Utinomi, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (wrong authority)
Dendrophyllia coarctata Duncan, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dendrophyllia coccinea titigimaensis Eguchi, 1934 · unaccepted > nomen nudum (synonymy, misspelling)
Dendrophyllia coccinea titijimaensis Yabe & Eguchi, 1934 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Dendrophyllia conferta Quelch, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dendrophyllia elegans van der Horst, 1922 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dendrophyllia gracilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Dendrophyllia klunzingeri van der Horst, 1926 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rhizopsammia chamissoi Wells, 1954 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tubastraea coccinea titijimaensis Eguchi, 1968 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tubastraea coccinea titjimaensis Eguchi, 1968 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Tubastraea titjimaensis Eguchi, 1968 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)