Balanopsammia wirtzi Balanopsammia wirtzi

Balanopsammia wirtzi is commonly referred to as Balanopsammia wirtzi. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

8596 

AphiaID:

743504 

Scientific:

Balanopsammia wirtzi 

German:

Steinkoralle 

English:

Balanopsammia Wirtzi 

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Dendrophylliidae (Family) > Balanopsammia (Genus) > wirtzi (Species) 

Initial determination:

Ocana & Brito, 2013 

Occurrence:

East-Atlantic Ocean, the Cape Verde Archipelago, West Africa 

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:

1 - 10 Meter 

Size:

up to 0.98" (2.5 cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 80.6 °F (20°C - 27°C) 

Food:

azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Plankton, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

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

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Balanopsammia wirtzi
  Steinkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-07-28 12:04:27 

Last edit:

2024-03-30 21:43:38 

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