Polycyathus atlanticus Polycyathus atlanticus

Polycyathus atlanticusis commonly referred to as Polycyathus atlanticus. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Madeira

Copyright Dr. Peter Wirtz, Foto Ascension Island, Ostatlantik

Courtesy of the author Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Madeira . Please visit www.medslugs.de for more information.

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Scientific:: Polycyathus atlanticus
German:: Steinkoralle
English:: Polycyathus Atlanticus

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Polycyathus (Genus) > atlanticus (Species)
Initial determination:: Duncan, 1876

Occurrence:: Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, the Cape Verde Archipelago
Sea depth:: 3 - 15 Meter
Size:: up to 0.39" (1 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Phytoplankton, 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:

Polycyathus andamanensis
Polycyathus atlanticus
Steinkoralle
Polycyathus difficilis
Polycyathus fulvus
Polycyathus furanaensis
Polycyathus fuscomarginatus
Polycyathus hodgsoni
Polycyathus hondaensis
Polycyathus isabela
Steinkoralle
Polycyathus marigondoni
Polycyathus mayae
Polycyathus muellerae
Steinkoralle
Polycyathus norfolkensis
Polycyathus octuplus
Polycyathus palifera
Polycyathus persicus
Polycyathus senegalensis
Kelchkoralle
Polycyathus verrilli

More related species in this lexicon:

Polycyathus chaishanensis
Großpolypige Steinkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-08-10 17:27:55
Last edit:: 2017-10-05 09:25:14

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Duncan, 1876

Very special thanks for his photo to Dr. Peter Wirtz.
Dr. Wirtz has taken this photo at Ascension Island, in a shallow depth of 10 meters.

Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, around 1,600 kilometres from the coast of West-Africa and 2,250 kilometres from the coast of Brazil.

Polycyathus atlanticus is an azooxanthellate coral, that feed on plankton, some species of Polycyathus live in dark unterwater caves.

Known species:
Polycyathus andamanicus
Polycyathus atlanticus
Polycyathus difficilis
Polycyathus fulvus
Polycyathus furanaensis
Polycyathus fuscomarginatus
Polycyathus hodgsoni
Polycyathus hondaensis
Polycyathus isabela
Polycyathus marigondoni
Polycyathus mayae
Polycyathus muellerae
Polycyathus norfolkensis
Polycyathus octuplus
Polycyathus palifera
Polycyathus persicus
Polycyathus senegalensis
Polycyathus verrilli

Synonyms:
Agelecyathus helenae Duncan, 1876
Agelecyathus helenae var. minor Duncan, 1876

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Polycyathus (Genus) > Polycyathus atlanticus (Species)

External links

SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Shallow-water scleractinian corals of Ascension Island, Central South Atlantic (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Copyright Dr. Peter Wirtz, Foto Ascension Island, Ostatlantik

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