Cespitularia infirmata Soft coral, pulse coral

Cespitularia infirmatais commonly referred to as Soft coral, pulse coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10562 

AphiaID:

288172 

Scientific:

Cespitularia infirmata 

German:

Weichkoralle 

English:

Soft Coral, Pulse Coral 

Category:

Soft Corals 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Xeniidae (Family) > Cespitularia (Genus) > infirmata (Species) 

Initial determination:

Verseveldt, 1977 

Occurrence:

Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia) 

Sea depth:

1 - 28 Meter 

Size:

1.57" - 2.36" (4cm - 6cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Zooxanthellae / Light 

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

Easy to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Cespitularia coerula
• Cespitularia densa
• 
  Cespitularia erecta
  Aufrechte Cespitularia
• Cespitularia exigua
• Cespitularia hypotentaculata
• 
  Cespitularia infirmata
  Weichkoralle
• Cespitularia mantoni
• Cespitularia mollis
• Cespitularia multipinnata
• Cespitularia quadriserta
• Cespitularia robusta
• Cespitularia schlichteri
• Cespitularia simplex
• Cespitularia stolonifera
• Cespitularia subviridus
• Cespitularia taeniata
• Cespitularia turgida
• Cespitularia wisharti
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-03-23 08:00:09 

Last edit:

2017-03-23 10:09:46 

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