Desmophyllum dianthus Cockscomb Coral, Cockscomb Cup Coral, Gigant cup coral

Desmophyllum dianthus is commonly referred to as Cockscomb Coral, Cockscomb Cup Coral, Gigant 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.

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lexID:

10481 

AphiaID:

135159 

Scientific:

Desmophyllum dianthus 

German:

Steinkoralle 

English:

Cockscomb Coral, Cockscomb Cup Coral, Gigant Cup Coral 

Category:

Крупнополипные Жёсткие Кораллы 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Desmophyllum (Genus) > dianthus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Esper, ), 1794 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Cocos Island (Costa Rica), (the) Maldives, Antarctica, Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada Eastern Pacific, Chile, cosmopolitan species, Costa Rica, Cuba, East-Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, European Coasts, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Mexico, Iceland, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Martinique, New Zealand, Panama, South America, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South-Africa, Spain, Subantarctic Isles, Tansania, The Bahamas, the Falkland Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

8 - 3383 Meter 

Size:

2.36" - 5.91" (6cm - 15cm) 

Temperature:

46.4 °F - 62.6 °F (8°C - 17°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, 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:

• 
  Desmophyllum dianthus
  Steinkoralle
• Desmophyllum striatum

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Desmophyllum pertusum
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-02-27 14:47:13 

Last edit:

2020-04-06 19:34:11 

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