Sandalolitha africana

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lexID:: 6884
AphiaID:: 291008

Scientific:: Sandalolitha africana
German:: Pilzkoralle
English:: Sandalolitha Africana

Category:: Sten koraller LPS
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Sandalolitha (Genus) > africana (Species)
Initial determination:: (Esper, ), 1797

Occurrence:: Jordan, Tuvalu, Comores, Yemen, Niue, Israel, Tokelau, Kiribati, Wallis and Futuna, Mozambique, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, India, Sudan, Cambodia, Réunion , Mayotte, Pakistan, Somalia, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, Myanmar, Eritrea, Vietnam, Adenske golf, Amerikansk Samoa, Australien, Centrale stillehav, Cook øerne, Egypten, Fiji, Filippinerne, Fransk Polynesien, Indiske ocean, Japan, Juleøerne, Kenya, Kina, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall øerne, Mauritius , Mikronesien , Palau, Papua NeuGuinea , Rødehavet, Salomonøerne, Samoa, Seychellerne, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tonga, Vanuatu
Size:: bis zu 30cm
Temperature:: 22°C - 27°C
Food:: Plankton, Zooxantheller/Lys
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
Offspring:: None

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:

Sandalolitha boucheti
Pilzkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-03-20 18:40:03
Last edit:: 2014-03-20 18:40:03

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

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Veron, 2000

Colonies are flat, oval or irregular in shape. Corallites are evenly spaced. Peripheral septa and costae are aligned at right angles to the colony margins while those in the central area are parallel to its long axis. There is no axial furrow. Septa are thin.

Colour: Brown or greenish-brown.

Habitat: Shallow reef environments.

Abundance: Uncommon.

Similar species: Sandalolitha dentata

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