Dichocoenia stokesii elliptical star coral

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AphiaID:: 289807

Scientific:: Dichocoenia stokesii
German:: Karibische Hirnkoralle
English:: Elliptical Star Coral

Category:: Stony Corals LPS
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Meandrinidae (Family) > Dichocoenia (Genus) > stokesii (Species)
Initial determination:: Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Occurrence:: Belize, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Temperature:: 68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C)
Food:: Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
Difficulty:: Easy

CITES:: Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country))

More related species in this lexicon:

Dichocoenia stokesii
Karibische Hirnkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2010-05-15 13:25:33
Last edit:: 2010-05-15 13:25:33

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Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Dichocoenia stokesii is a coral found in the Caribbean. The distinctive character of this kind is shown in usually oval polyps (Corallites) which protruding conspicuously on the surface between the "Coenesteum. The individual polyps are clearly separated from each other, the gap is "grainy", not smooth.

The coral has been listed in CITES Appendix II below, as in the Red List VU.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Meandrinidae (Family) > Dichocoenia (Genus)

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