Platyzoanthus mussoides Green Elephant Ear Mushroom

Platyzoanthus mussoides is commonly referred to as Green Elephant Ear Mushroom. Difficulty in the aquarium: 3 - Ganska enkel. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

robertbaur

Uploaded by robertbaur.

Image detail

Profile

lexID:: 1044
AphiaID:: 290982

Scientific:: Platyzoanthus mussoides
German:: Gewelltes Elefantenohr
English:: Green Elephant Ear Mushroom

Category:: Skivanemoner

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Corallimorpharia (Order) > Discosomidae (Family) > Platyzoanthus (Genus) > mussoides (Species)
Initial determination:: Saville-Kent, 1893

Occurrence:: Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Queensland (Australia), Singapore
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 1.97" - 5.91" (5cm - 15cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
Difficulty:: 3 - Ganska enkel
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Platyzoanthus mussoides
Gewelltes Elefantenohr

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-09-28 07:28:34
Last edit:: 2019-09-15 21:51:01

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Info

Ernährt sich aus einer Kombi von Licht und planktonischem Futter.
Scheibe und Tentakel sind in der Farbe gleich. Lebt meist in Gruppen von mehreren Individuen.
Leicht zu halten, benötigen viel Licht und eine mittlere bis geringe Strömung.
Können sich zweiteilen, sie vermehren sich aber auch durch Knopsung.

External links

Actniaria by Karen & Nadya Sanamyan (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Actniaria by Karen & Nadya Sanamyan (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Citizen science meets integrated taxonomy to uncover the diversity and distribution of Corallimorpharia in Singapore (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Commonly

Husbandry know-how of owners

0 husbandary tips from our users available
Show all and discuss

Vad är detta?

The following is an overview of "what's that?" Entries that have been successfully determined and assigned to this entry. A look at the entertainments there is certainly interesting.