Turbinaria mesenterina Twisted Lettuce Coral, Scroll Coral, Folded Lettuce Coral, Disc Coral

Turbinaria mesenterina is commonly referred to as Twisted Lettuce Coral, Scroll Coral, Folded Lettuce Coral, Disc Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

624 

AphiaID:

207511 

Scientific:

Turbinaria mesenterina 

German:

Kraterkoralle, Gewundene Salatkoralle, Folienkoralle 

English:

Twisted Lettuce Coral, Scroll Coral, Folded Lettuce Coral, Disc Coral 

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Dendrophylliidae (Family) > Turbinaria (Genus) > mesenterina (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Sudan, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Eritrea, (the) Maldives, Africa, American Samoa, Australia, Bahrain, Cambodia, China, Comores, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Eastern Indian Ocean, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Territory (Australia), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean 

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 - 40 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 29,2 °F (24°C - 29,2°C) 

Food:

Rotifers (Rotifera), Dustfood , 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:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Turbinaria bifrons
  Kelchkoralle
• 
  Turbinaria conspicua
  Kelchkoralle
• 
  Turbinaria frondens
  Kelchkoralle
• 
  Turbinaria heronensis
  Becherkoralle
• 
  Turbinaria irregularis
  Steinkoralle
• 
  Turbinaria mesenterina
  Kraterkoralle, Gewundene Salatkoralle, Folienkoralle
• 
  Turbinaria patula
  Steinkoralle
• 
  Turbinaria radicalis
  Steinkoralle
• 
  Turbinaria reniformis
  Gelbe Salatkoralle
• 
  Turbinaria stellulata
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Turbinaria ornata
  Braunalge
• 
  Turbinaria tricostata
  Braunalge
• 
  Turbinaria triquetra
  Braunalge,Trompetenalge
• 
  Turbinaria turbinata
  Braunalge

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-11 10:42:55 

Last edit:

2026-03-12 13:27:29 

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