Heliopora hiberniana Blue Coral

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

Dr. Zoe Richards, / Western Australian Museum, Australien

Two sympatric morphs of Heliopora occur in NW Australia. (A) The slender-branching Heliopora hiberniana sp. nov. (foreground) growing in situ with Heliopora coerulea (background) at the type locality,

Courtesy of the author Dr. Zoe Richards, / Western Australian Museum, Australien

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lexID:: 11784
AphiaID:: 1306867

Scientific:: Heliopora hiberniana
German:: Blaue Koralle
English:: Blue Coral

Category:: Helioporacea

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Helioporacea (Order) > Helioporidae (Family) > Heliopora (Genus) > hiberniana (Species)
Initial determination:: Richards et al., 2018

Occurrence:: Eastern Indian Ocean, Western Australia
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 - 1,5 Meter
Size:: up to 7.87" (20 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

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

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Heliopora coerulea
Blaue Koralle

More related species in this lexicon:

Heliopora hiberniana
Blaue Koralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2018-11-12 07:30:07
Last edit:: 2020-08-22 17:52:34

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Heliopora hiberniana Richards et al., 2018

Integrated evidence reveals a new species in the ancient blue coral genus Heliopora (Octocorallia)
Zoe T. Richards, Nina Yasuda, Taisei Kikuchi, Taryn Foster, Chika Mitsuyuki, Michael Stat, Yoshihisa Suyama & Nerida G. Wilson

Very special thanks for the photos of to Zoe T. Richards

Two sympatric morphs of Heliopora occur in NW Australia. (A) The slender-branching Heliopora hiberniana sp. nov. (foreground) growing in situ with Heliopora coerulea (background) at the type locality, Hibernia Reef, NW Australia. (B) A broken branch reveals the characteristic blue skeleton of H. coerulea. (C) A broken branch (red circle) reveals the white skeleton of H. hiberniana sp. nov.

External links

Article Integrated evidence reveals a new species in the ancient blue coral genus Heliopora (Octocorallia) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Two sympatric morphs of Heliopora occur in NW Australia. (A) The slender-branching Heliopora hiberniana sp. nov. (foreground) growing in situ with Heliopora coerulea (background) at the type locality,

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