Mycedium umbra Green Eyed Cup Coral

Mycedium umbrais commonly referred to as Green Eyed Cup Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 3361
AphiaID:: 287738

Scientific:: Mycedium umbra
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Green Eyed Cup Coral

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Mycedium (Genus) > umbra (Species)
Initial determination:: Veron, 2000

Occurrence:: Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan, Arabian Sea, Egypt, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Mozambique, Philippines, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South-Africa, Tansania, the Seychelles, Yemen
Sea depth:: 5 - 30 Meter
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 78.8 °F (24°C - 26°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:

Mycedium mancaoi
Großpolypige Steinkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2010-10-12 19:27:30
Last edit:: 2020-09-20 18:17:48

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Infos from Aims.

Similar Species: Mycedium elephantotus, which has a very wide range of corallite structures and colours. The present species has a distinctive colouration, tends to be more convoluted, has more widely spaced corallites and has costal ridges extending outward from the edges of corallites. Costal spines are less prominent. See taxonomic note.

External links

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 20.09.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 20.09.2020.

Stockliste

Korallen-Outlet Riederich

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Mycedium umbra. Red Sea. Corallite detail. Costal ridges can be seen extending from the edges of the corallites to the colony margin. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

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