Heteropolypus ritteri Golf Ball coral, Mushroom soft coral

Heteropolypus ritteri is commonly referred to as Golf Ball coral, Mushroom soft coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 12265
AphiaID:: 724715

Scientific:: Heteropolypus ritteri
German:: Weichkoralle
English:: Golf Ball Coral, Mushroom Soft Coral

Category:: Mjukkoraller

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Heteropolypus (Genus) > ritteri (Species)
Initial determination:: (Nutting, ), 1909

Occurrence:: Alaska (Western Atlantic), Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, North Pacific (Ocean), West Coast USA
Sea depth:: 200 - 1243 Meter
Size:: up to 5.91" (15 cm)
Temperature:: 37.4 °F - 7,7 °F (3°C - 7,7°C)
Food:: Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Invertebrates, Marine snow, Phytoplankton, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Cold water animal
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown