Heliofungia fralinae Mushroom Coral

Heliofungia fralinae is commonly referred to as Mushroom Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2305 

AphiaID:

716357 

Scientific:

Heliofungia fralinae 

German:

Pilzkoralle 

English:

Mushroom Coral 

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Heliofungia (Genus) > fralinae (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Nemenzo, ), 1955 

Occurrence:

Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Kiribati, Malaysia, Micronesia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, The Bangai Archipelago, Timor, Togean Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Lagoons, Reef slopes 

Size:

up to 5.91" (15 cm) 

Temperature:

82.94 °F - 84.56 °F (28.3°C - 29.2°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

Average 

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:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Heliofungia actiniformis
  Anemonen-Pilzkoralle, Sonnenblumen-Pilzkoralle

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Heliofungia fralinae
  Pilzkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-07-11 17:43:25 

Last edit:

2026-04-07 13:43:06 

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