Oculina varicosa Fused ivory tree coral

Oculina varicosa is commonly referred to as Fused ivory tree coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 287102

Scientific:: Oculina varicosa
German:: Kleinpolypische Steinkoralle
English:: Fused Ivory Tree Coral

Category:: Stony Corals SPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Oculinidae (Family) > Oculina (Genus) > varicosa (Species)
Initial determination:: Le Sueur, 1820

Occurrence:: Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Columbia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, USA, Venezuela
Marine Zone:: Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters
Sea depth:: 0 - 100 Meter
Size:: up to 19.69" (50 cm)
Temperature:: 76.82 °F - 82.94 °F (24.9°C - 28.3°C)
Food:: Apozooxanthellate (Azooxanthellate and Zooxanthellate), Food specialist, Plankton
Tank:: 109.99 gal (~ 500L)
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

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

Red List:

Vulnerable (VU)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-05-18 15:23:39
Last edit:: 2020-09-23 15:44:44

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Oculina varicosa are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Oculina varicosa, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Oculina varicosa, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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(Lesueur, 1821)

Colonies may be zooxanthellate or azooxanthellate depending on light availability. Azooxanthellate colonies form extensive banks while zooxanthellate colonies form clumps of tapered fused branches less than 0.5 metres across. Corallites are exsert, 2-3 millimetres diameter. Septa are in three cycles.

Colour: Tan, lavender, or dark brown.

Habitat: Zooxanthellate colonies occur in protected environments as little as 5 metres deep.

Abundance: Rare.

Similar species: Oculina diffusa , Oculina valenciennesi

Text source: Corals of the world by J.E.N. Charlie Veron

External links

Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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