Hoplangia durotrix Carpet coral

Hoplangia durotrix is commonly referred to as Carpet coral. 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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lexID:

8723 

AphiaID:

135160 

Scientific:

Hoplangia durotrix 

German:

Zwergkoralle 

English:

Carpet Coral 

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Hoplangia (Genus) > durotrix (Species) 

Initial determination:

Gosse, 1860 

Occurrence:

New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, USA 

Size:

1.97" - 3.94" (5cm - 10cm) 

Temperature:

48.2 °F - 73.4 °F (9°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Plankton, 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:

• 
  Hoplangia durotrix
  Zwergkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-09-04 19:54:56 

Last edit:

2015-09-04 19:54:56 

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