Thalamophyllia riisei Baroque Cave Coral

Thalamophyllia riisei is commonly referred to as Baroque Cave Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

13918 

AphiaID:

286868 

Scientific:

Thalamophyllia riisei 

German:

Großpolypige Steinkorallen 

English:

Baroque Cave Coral 

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Thalamophyllia (Genus) > riisei (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Duchassaing & Michelotti, ), 1860 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Belize, Panama, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

4 - 1317 Meter 

Size:

1,92 cm 

Temperature:

39.2 °F - 82.4 °F (4°C - 28°C) 

Food:

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

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

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:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Thalamophyllia gasti
• Thalamophyllia gombergi
• 
  Thalamophyllia riisei
  Großpolypige Steinkorallen
• Thalamophyllia tenuescens

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Thalamophyllia wirtzi
  Steinkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2021-06-02 20:59:27 

Last edit:

2021-06-03 18:26:49 

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