Corallium japonicum Red coral

Corallium japonicum is commonly referred to as Red coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

11399 

AphiaID:

291837 

Scientific:

Corallium japonicum 

German:

Rote Koralle 

English:

Red Coral 

Category:

Sea Fans 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Coralliidae (Family) > Corallium (Genus) > japonicum (Species) 

Initial determination:

Kishinouyi, 1903 

Occurrence:

China, Hawaii, Japan, Okinawa, Taiwan, The Ryukyu Islands, Vanuatu 

Sea depth:

100 - 300 Meter 

Size:

11.81" - 31.5" (30cm - 80cm) 

Temperature:

37.4 °F - 57.2 °F (3°C - 14°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Invertebrates, Marine snow, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix III (Individuals or corresponding products from the mentioned country require an export permit, from other countries a certificate of origin is required) 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Corallium bathyrubrum
• Corallium bayeri
• Corallium borneanse
• Corallium boshuense
• Corallium carusrubrum
• Corallium gotoense
• Corallium halmaheirense
• Corallium johnsoni
• Corallium kishinouyei
• Corallium laauense
• Corallium maderense
• Corallium medea
• Corallium niveum
• Corallium occultum
• Corallium porcellanum
• Corallium pusillum
• 
  Corallium rubrum
  Rote Koralle
• Corallium sulcatum
• Corallium taiwanicum
• Corallium tricolor
• Corallium uchidai
• Corallium vanderbilti
• Corallium variabile
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Corallium japonicum
  Rote Koralle
• 
  Corallium tortuosum
  Tiefsee-Hornkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-02-16 17:31:31 

Last edit:

2020-12-29 16:23:17 

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