Polyphyllia talpina Tongue Coral, Lingual Coral, Joker's Boomerang Coral, Feather Coral

Polyphyllia talpina is commonly referred to as Tongue Coral, Lingual Coral, Joker's Boomerang Coral, Feather Coral. 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 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

638 

AphiaID:

211418 

Scientific:

Polyphyllia talpina 

German:

Zungenkoralle, Jokers Boomerang Koralle, Federkoralle 

English:

Tongue Coral, Lingual Coral, Joker's Boomerang Coral, Feather Coral 

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Polyphyllia (Genus) > talpina (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1801 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Central Pazific, China, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Eastern Indian Ocean, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Mozambique, Nauru, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Territory (Australia), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, Timor, Togean Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean 

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:

Lagoons, Reef slopes, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 29.53" (75 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

33 gal (~ 150L)  

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:

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

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Polyphyllia novaehiberniae
  Jokers boomerang Koralle, Maulwurfkoralle,Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Polyphyllia talpina
  Zungenkoralle, Jokers Boomerang Koralle, Federkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-11 15:11:27 

Last edit:

2026-07-10 12:32:46 

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