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Stichopathes occidentalis Black wire coral

Stichopathes occidentalis is commonly referred to as Black wire coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
5832 
AphiaID:
283972 
Scientific:
Stichopathes occidentalis 
German:
Peitschenkoralle 
English:
Black Wire Coral 
Category:
Sea Fans 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Antipatharia (Order) > Antipathidae (Family) > Stichopathes (Genus) > occidentalis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Gray, 1860 
Occurrence:
Gulf of Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, São Tomé e Principé, the Caribbean 
Size:
up to 39.37" (100 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Plankton 
Tank:
219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  
Difficulty:
Experts only! Very hard to keep 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Stichopathes abyssicola
  • Stichopathes aggregata
  • Stichopathes alcocki
  • Stichopathes bispinosa
  • Stichopathes bournei
  • Stichopathes ceylonensis
  • Stichopathes contorta
  • Stichopathes dissimilis
  • Stichopathes euoplos
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2013-08-04 15:48:52 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Info

Brook, 1889

External links

  1. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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