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Scolymia cubensis Artichoke Coral

Scolymia cubensis is commonly referred to as Artichoke Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
2266 
AphiaID:
287852 
Scientific:
Scolymia cubensis 
German:
Artischocken-Koralle 
English:
Artichoke Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Faviidae (Family) > Scolymia (Genus) > cubensis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Milne Edwards & Haime, ), 1848 
Occurrence:
Belize, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica, North Atlantic Ocean, Panama, The Bahamas, the Caribbean 
Sea depth:
0 - 30 Meter 
Size:
up to 3.94" (10 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Brine Shrimps, Frozen food (small sorts), Krill, LPS-Food, Mysis, 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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-04-17 10:29:58 

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Scolymia cubensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)

Scolymia cubensis is a solitary coral that belongs the genus Scolymia. It is a smooth disk coral whose shape usually consists of a flat, concave form (patellate) or an inverted cone form. However, a cylindrical shape may occur. They have a maximum diameter of 10 cm and have a symbiotic bond with zooxanthellae. Despite this, S. cubensis do not create their own reefs.

Their colors normally consist of light green, light beige or a deep rusty red

Synonymised names:
Caryophyllia cubensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted (basionym)
Lithophyllia cubensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) · unaccepted (previous combination)
Scolymia lacera lacera f. cubensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted (synonymy)

External links

  1. Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 17.04.2022.
  2. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 17.04.2022.
  4. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 17.04.2022.

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Commonly

Scolymia cubensis, solitary coral Glover's Reef, Belize,Copyright Paddy Ryan
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Copyright Wolfram Sander, Playa Larga,Cuba
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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland
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Scolymia cubensis. Caribbean. Showing some of the species wide colour variation. Photograph: Charlie Veron.
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usvi 07 _A314442 Artichoke Coral, Scolymia cubensis,2007
usvi 15 IMG_5056 Artichoke Coral, Scolymia cubensis,2015

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