Cypraea tigris Tiger Cowrie

Cypraea tigris is commonly referred to as Tiger Cowrie. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

750 

AphiaID:

216843 

Scientific:

Cypraea tigris 

German:

Tigerkauri 

English:

Tiger Cowrie 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Cypraea (Genus) > tigris (Species) 

Initial determination:

Linnaeus, 1758 

Occurrence:

Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Bunaken, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Raja Amat, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna 

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 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Coralline algae reef, On living corals, Rock crevices, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

2.76" - 6.3" (7cm - 16cm) 

Temperature:

25,4 °F - 29,3 °F (25,4°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Carrion, Crustaceans, omnivore, Snails, Sponges 

Difficulty:

Average 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Cypraea pantherina
  Panther-Kauri
• Cypraea porcellus
• 
  Cypraea tigris
  Tigerkauri

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Cypraea sp.01
  Kaurischnecke, Porzellanschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-16 19:47:24 

Last edit:

2024-12-25 16:47:26 

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Korallenriff Magazin

Ausgabe #17
Cyprea Tigris

Schwämme gelten wegen ihrer immensen Produktion chemisch vielfältiger Verbindungen als ”chemische Fabrik” in der Meeresumwelt. Abgesehen von der chemischen Vielfalt besitzen diese Verbindungen auch eine bemerkenswerte Bioaktivität. 

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