Mycetophyllia aliciae knobby cactus coral

Mycetophyllia aliciae is commonly referred to as knobby cactus 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.

Pauline Walsh Jacobson, USA

roa11313, Knobby Cactus Coral, Mycetophyllia aliciae, Prince Albert Wreck,2022

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lexID:: 4310
AphiaID:: 290424

Scientific:: Mycetophyllia aliciae
German:: Kaktuskoralle
English:: Knobby Cactus Coral

Category:: Sten koraller LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Faviidae (Family) > Mycetophyllia (Genus) > aliciae (Species)
Initial determination:: Wells, 1973

Occurrence:: Guadeloupe, Barbados, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Florida, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean
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:: 0 - 73 Meter
Size:: up to 23.62" (60 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
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:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Mycetophyllia danaana
Kaktuskoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-04-15 11:13:33
Last edit:: 2022-12-05 07:02:39

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Mycetophyllia aliciae Wells, 1973

“From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”
Wells, 1973

Characters: Colonies are weakly attached plates which are often circular. There is little valley formation, especially towards the colony centre and such valleys that are formed may have two or more rows of mouths. Septo-costae are thick, with large dentations. Columellae are absent.

Colour: Brown or green, usually with white centres.

Habitat: Most reef environments.

Abundance: Sometimes common.

Synonymised names:
Mycetophyllia lamarckiana f. aliciae Wells, 1973 (changed combination)

External links

Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada (en). Abgerufen am 05.12.2022.
Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 04.03.2022.

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Knobby Cactus Coral, Mycetophyllia aliciae, 2018

© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Mycetophyllia aliciae. Caribbean. Showing the weakly formed valley walls and septa-costae. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

roa11313, Knobby Cactus Coral, Mycetophyllia aliciae, Prince Albert Wreck,2022

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