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Mycedium elephantotus Green Eyed Cup Coral or Elephant Nose Coral

Mycedium elephantotus is commonly referred to as Green Eyed Cup Coral or Elephant Nose Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien

Mycedium elephantotus. Houtman Abrolhos Islands, south-western Australia. Showing the wide range of colours and surface detail. 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:
910 
AphiaID:
207373 
Scientific:
Mycedium elephantotus 
German:
Elefantenhaut-Koralle 
English:
Green Eyed Cup Coral Or Elephant Nose Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Mycedium (Genus) > elephantotus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Pallas, ), 1766 
Occurrence:
Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Cambodia, Cook Islands, East Africa, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Komodo (Komodo Island), Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Togean Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 
Sea depth:
3 - 70 Meter 
Size:
up to 23.62" (60 cm) 
Temperature:
64.4 °F - 82.4 °F (18°C - 28°C) 
Food:
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-09-19 22:57:45 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Info

Mycedium elephantotus
Pallas, 1766

Color: Usually a uniform brown, grey, green or pink but may have green, white or red oral discs. Colonies may have distinctively coloured margins.

External links

  1. Composition and ecology of deep-water coral associations (en). Abgerufen am 11.05.2021.
  2. Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 19.09.2020.
  3. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 19.09.2020.
  4. Reproductive isolation and genetic differentiationof a scleractinian coral Mycedium elephantotus (en). Abgerufen am 11.05.2021.
  5. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 19.09.2020.
  6. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 19.09.2020.

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Mycedium elephantotus. Houtman Abrolhos Islands, south-western Australia. Showing the wide range of colours and surface detail. Photograph: Charlie Veron.
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