Polycyathus isabela Polycyathus isabela

Polycyathus isabela is commonly referred to as Polycyathus isabela. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 286840

Scientific:: Polycyathus isabela
German:: Steinkoralle
English:: Polycyathus Isabela

Category:: Sten koraller LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Polycyathus (Genus) > isabela (Species)
Initial determination:: Wells, 1982

Occurrence:: Galapagos Islands
Size:: 0.16" - 0.39" (0.4cm - 1cm)
Temperature:: °F - 71.6 °F (°C - 22°C)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
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:

Polycyathus andamanensis
Polycyathus atlanticus
Steinkoralle
Polycyathus difficilis
Polycyathus fulvus
Polycyathus furanaensis
Polycyathus fuscomarginatus
Polycyathus hodgsoni
Polycyathus hondaensis
Polycyathus isabela
Steinkoralle
Polycyathus marigondoni
Polycyathus mayae
Polycyathus muellerae
Steinkoralle
Polycyathus norfolkensis
Polycyathus octuplus
Polycyathus palifera
Polycyathus persicus
Polycyathus senegalensis
Kelchkoralle
Polycyathus verrilli

More related species in this lexicon:

Polycyathus chaishanensis
Großpolypige Steinkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-08-06 15:55:56
Last edit:: 2015-08-06 15:55:56

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Wells, 1982

Very special thanks for this photo of Polycyathus isabela to Dr. Cleveland P. Hickman Jr.Lexington, VA, United States of America.

Polycyathus isabela is an endemic species for the Eastern Tripical Pacific, present only around the Galápagos Archipelago.
Occurrence known from Punta Albemarle (14 m, holotype); Punta Vicente Roca (10 m), and Caleta Iguana (11 m) at Isabela Island (Wells 1983, Cairns 1991, Reyes-Bonilla 2002, Hickman 2005

In recesses or caves with subdued light (Hickman 2005), reported at depths of 10 to 23 m (Cairns 1991, Hickman 2005).
Source: IUCN Red List

Polycyathus isabela is an azooxanthellate coral that needs always fresh plankton,

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Polycyathus (Genus) > Polycyathus isabela (Species)

External links

ARKive (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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