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Cornularia cornucopiae Cornularia cornucopiae

Cornularia cornucopiae is commonly referred to as Cornularia cornucopiae. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
5866 
AphiaID:
125423 
Scientific:
Cornularia cornucopiae 
German:
Röhrenkoralle 
English:
Cornularia Cornucopiae 
Category:
Stolonifera 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Cornulariidae (Family) > Cornularia (Genus) > cornucopiae (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Pallas, ), 1766 
Occurrence:
Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Portugal, South-Africa, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Mediterranean Sea 
Sea depth:
8 - 21 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 0.39" (1 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 
Food:
Dustfood , Plankton 
Tank:
11 gal (~ 50L)  
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-09-24 13:55:46 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Cornularia cornucopiae (Pallas, 1766)

Azooxanthellathe mediterranean coral that needs plancton, polyps are about one cm.

Overgrows rocks, algaes, mussles and sponges and is offen found at the entrance of caves and grots.

Synonymised names
Cornularia rugosa Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tubularia cornucopiae Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted (basionym)

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