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Lobophyllia valenciennesii Snake Brain Coral

Lobophyllia valenciennesii is commonly referred to as Snake Brain Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Symphyllia valenciennesi. Indonesia. Colonies are flat plates with a broad central area from which walls radiate. Mouths are clearly visible only if they have a distinctive colour. Photograph: Charlie




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lexID:
633 
AphiaID:
888145 
Scientific:
Lobophyllia valenciennesii 
German:
Wulstkoralle 
English:
Snake Brain Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Lobophyllia (Genus) > valenciennesii (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Milne Edwards & Haime, ), 1849 
Occurrence:
Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea, Australia, Bali, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Egypt, Fiji, Gulf of Cádiz, Halmahera, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pulisan, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Seychelles, Vanuatu, Vietnam 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 40 Meter 
Habitats:
Marine / Salt Water 
Size:
11.81" - 15.75" (30cm - 40cm) 
Temperature:
76.28 °F - 84.38 °F (24.6°C - 29.1°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
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:
 
More related species
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-05-04 15:54:58 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Lobophyllia valenciennesii Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849

They need middle light zone, a quite strong, preferably changing current, which should never be directed directly to the animal.

They also live beside the zooxanthellae from catching plankton, small usable food particles.

The following colors are known: various colors mixed, over green, gray, purple and brown.
Particularly beautiful color variants cost accordingly more.

Synonymised names
Symphyllia valenciennesii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

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Symphyllia valenciennesi. Indonesia. Colonies are flat plates with a broad central area from which walls radiate. Mouths are clearly visible only if they have a distinctive colour. Photograph: Charlie
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