Coenocyathus bowersi Colonial cup coral

Coenocyathus bowersi is commonly referred to as Colonial 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.

Phil Garner, Southern California Marine Life, USA

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lexID:: 10377
AphiaID:: 286780

Scientific:: Coenocyathus bowersi
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Colonial Cup Coral

Category:: Sten koraller LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Coenocyathus (Genus) > bowersi (Species)
Initial determination:: Vaughan, 1906

Occurrence:: Canada Eastern Pacific, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Gulf of California, Honduras, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, USA
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 9 - 146 Meter
Size:: 7,50 cm
Temperature:: °F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C)
Food:: Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, 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