Lobophyllia agaricia Open Brain Coral

Lobophyllia agaricia is commonly referred to as Open Brain Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Bernard Dupont, Frankreich

Open Brain Coral (Lobophyllia agaricia),Mandolin, Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, INDONESIA 2009

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lexID:: 635
AphiaID:: 888135

Scientific:: Lobophyllia agaricia
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Open Brain Coral

Category:: Sten koraller LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Lobophyllia (Genus) > agaricia (Species)
Initial determination:: (Milne Edwards & Haime, ), 1849

Occurrence:: Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Cambodia, Comores, Cook Islands, East Africa, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Melanesia, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen
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 - 40 Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 23.62" (60 cm)
Temperature:: 76.64 °F - 84.38 °F (24.8°C - 29.1°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 33 gal (~ 150L)
Difficulty:: Average
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:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-09-11 15:00:20
Last edit:: 2025-05-30 10:58:36

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Lobophyllia agaricia (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)

From the Aims Website:
Description: Colonies are hemispherical to flat. Valleys are sinuous or straight, averaging 35 millimetres wide and are usually separated by a narrow groove. Walls have a thick fleshy appearance. Septa are thick and have large teeth. Columellae are usually in two rows.
Color: Brown, green or red, usually with contrasting valleys and walls.

Similar Species: Symphyllia radians, which has smaller, straighter valleys. See also S. hassi and Lobophyllia flabelliformis.

Synonymised names
Symphyllia acuta Quelch, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Symphyllia agaricia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Symphyllia indica Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.05.2023.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 05.01.2021.

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Symphyllia agaricia. Dampier Archipelago, western Australia. Mouths are just discernible. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

Open Brain Coral (Lobophyllia agaricia),Mandolin, Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, INDONESIA 2009

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