Merulina cylindrica Columniform Crust Coral

Merulina cylindrica is commonly referred to as Columniform Crust Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Merulina cylindrica
German:: Steinkoralle
English:: Columniform Crust Coral

Category:: Sten koraller LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Merulina (Genus) > cylindrica (Species)
Initial determination:: (Milne Edwards & Haime, ), 1849

Occurrence:: American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Cambodia, Central Pazific, China, Christmas Islands, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: up to 23.62" (60 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 109.99 gal (~ 500L)
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))

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-06-10 20:32:51
Last edit:: 2024-05-04 16:41:31

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Merulina cylindrica (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848)

Clay Bryce from the Aquatic Zoology Western Australian Muesum did take a wonderfull photo of a juvenile colony, showing detail of septo-costae.

Colonies have thick laminar bases and blunt-ended columns which occasionally branch. Valleys are meandroid and sinuous. Septa are thick and fuse irregularly with each other and with the columellae. Columellae are composed of a few thick septal teeth. Tentacles are usually extended only at night and are long, tapering, and of uniform length.

Colour: Usually cream or yellow-brown.

Habitat: Usually found in partly turbid water such as around fringing reefs and in lagoons.

Abundance: Uncommon.

Similar species: Dendrogyra cylindrus, Leptoria irregularis.

This species is usually found in most reef environments. This species is found from 2-25 m

Text source: Corals of the World by

Synonymised names
Merulina cylindricus (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Merulina studeri Bedot, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scapophyllia cylindrica Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

External links

Biota Tawanica Coral (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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