Plerogyra sinuosa Bubble coral

Plerogyra sinuosais commonly referred to as Bubble coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

639 

AphiaID:

207498 

Scientific:

Plerogyra sinuosa 

German:

Blasenkoralle 

English:

Bubble Coral 

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Scleractinia incertae sedis (Family) > Plerogyra (Genus) > sinuosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Dana, ), 1846 

Occurrence:

Eritrea, Sudan, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Cambodia, Comores, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Palmyra Atoll, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 

Sea depth:

0 - 40 Meter 

Size:

11.81" - 39.37" (30cm - 100cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, Dissolved organic substances, Dustfood , Frozen Food (large sort), Plankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

33 gal (~ 150L)  

Difficulty:

Easy 

Offspring:

Easy to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

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

Red List:

Near threatened (NT) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Plerogyra cauliformis
  Blasenkoralle
• 
  Plerogyra diabolotus
  Teufels Blasenkoralle
• 
  Plerogyra discus
  Blasenkoralle
• 
  Plerogyra multilobata
  Blasenkoralle
• 
  Plerogyra simplex
  Blasenkoralle
• 
  Plerogyra sinuosa
  Blasenkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-11 15:14:42 

Last edit:

2017-07-24 22:06:07 

Captive breeding / propagation

Info

Stockliste

• Kölle Zoo Würzburg
• Korallen-Outlet Riederich
• Aqzeno
• Kölle-Zoo Esslingen

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