Polyphyllia novaehiberniae Joker's boomerang coral, Mole Coral

Polyphyllia novaehiberniae is commonly referred to as Joker's boomerang coral, Mole Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien

Polyphyllia novaehiberniae. Vanuatu. Surface detail. Each tentacle corresponds to a septal lobe. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

Courtesy of the author Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien . Please visit www.coralsoftheworld.org for more information.

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lexID:: 1626
AphiaID:: 289231

Scientific:: Polyphyllia novaehiberniae
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Joker's Boomerang Coral, Mole Coral

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Polyphyllia (Genus) > novaehiberniae (Species)
Initial determination:: (Lesson, ), 1831

Occurrence:: American Samoa, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Lesser Sunda Islands, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: 1 - 40 Meter
Size:: up to 5.91" (15 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Additional feeding useful or necessary, 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:

Near threatened (NT)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2005-10-03 14:38:07
Last edit:: 2022-09-04 15:18:52

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Polyphyllia novaehiberniae (Lesson, 1831)

Similar Species: Very distinctive although superficially like Zoopilus echinatus.

Synonymised names:
Lithactinia galeriformis (Dana, 1846) (synonymy)
Lithactinia novaehiberniae Lesson, 1831 (original combination, basionym)
Lithactinia pileiformis (Dana, 1846) (synonymy)
Polyphyllia galeriformis Dana, 1846 (junior synonym)
Polyphyllia pileiformis Dana, 1846 (junior synonym)
Polyphyllia substellata Blainville, 1830 (junior synonym)

External links

Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 22.01.2021.
Poppe-Images (en). Abgerufen am 04.09.2022.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 22.01.2021.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 22.01.2021.

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Polyphyllia novaehiberniae. Vanuatu. Surface detail. Each tentacle corresponds to a septal lobe. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

Polyphyllia novaehiberniae mit eingezogenen Tentakeln

Husbandry know-how of owners

Elisabeth
@Elisabeth

am 22.01.21#1

Die Haltung der Koralle kann als leicht bezeichnet werden. Eine Fütterung der Koralle ist gut möglich.

Meine Koralle hat P04 bis mind. 0,5 und No3 bis 50 gut vertragen.

Die Polyphyllia novaehiberniae kann leicht geteilt werden, da das Tier viele Münder besitzt und so die Ernährung kein Problem bereitet.

Das harte Skelett ist sehr massiv und bereitet der Säge Probleme.

Die Regeneration der einzelnen Stücke erfolgte ohne Probleme.
VG
Elisabeth

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