Ctenactis crassa Mushroom coral

Ctenactis crassa is commonly referred to as Mushroom coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1287 

AphiaID:

288875 

Scientific:

Ctenactis crassa 

German:

Pilzkoralle 

English:

Mushroom Coral 

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Ctenactis (Genus) > crassa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Dana, ), 1846 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, Eritrea, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Cambodia, Central Pazific, Circumtropic, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, Togean Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Pacific Ocean, Yemen 

Sea depth:

0 - 40 Meter 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

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:

• 
  Ctenactis albitentaculata
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Ctenactis crassa
  Pilzkoralle
• 
  Ctenactis echinata
  Pilzkoralle

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Ctenactis triangularis
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-02-08 20:56:12 

Last edit:

2020-03-04 10:28:21 

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