Leptoseris mycetoseroides Porcelain Coral

Leptoseris mycetoseroidesis commonly referred to as Porcelain Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Leptoseris mycetoseroides Kwajalein 2023

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AphiaID:: 207283

Scientific:: Leptoseris mycetoseroides
German:: Porzellan-Koralle
English:: Porcelain Coral

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Agariciidae (Family) > Leptoseris (Genus) > mycetoseroides (Species)
Initial determination:: Wells, 1954

Occurrence:: Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Kuwait, Hong Kong, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Bahrain, British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, Chile, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Quatar, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake Atoll, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen
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
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°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 in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2007-06-23 12:26:23
Last edit:: 2023-06-07 19:11:29

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Info

Leptoseris mycetoseroides Wells, 1954

Characters: Colonies are encrusting or laminar plates which frequently exceed one metre across. Plates have small irregular folds on the surface.

Depth range 0 - 40 m Colour: Mottled brown and green.

Habitat: Reef slopes protected from wave action, especially steeply sloping or vertical walls.

Distribution: Indo-Pacific

Synonymised names:
Agaricia minikoiensis (Gardiner, 1905) · unaccepted > misapplication
Pavona minikoiensis (Gardiner, 1905) · unaccepted > misapplication

External links

Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). 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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Leptoseris mycetoseroides. Philippines. Variation in colour and structure. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

Leptoseris mycetoseroides Kwajalein 2023

Leptoseris mycetoseroides, Kwajalein 2020

Foto: Osezaki, Japan, 16 Meter Tiefe, 12/2008

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