Leptopsammia pruvoti Sunset Cup Coral

Leptopsammia pruvoti is commonly referred to as Sunset Cup Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Ei sovi aloittelijalle. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3875 

AphiaID:

135193 

Scientific:

Leptopsammia pruvoti 

German:

Kelchkoralle, Gelbe Nelkenkoralle, Pruvot Kelchkoralle 

English:

Sunset Cup Coral 

Category:

Kivikorallit LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Dendrophylliidae (Family) > Leptopsammia (Genus) > pruvoti (Species) 

Initial determination:

Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, Azores, European Coasts, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean), North Atlantic Ocean, Northeast Pacific Ocean, Portugal, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Marine Zone:

Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 

Sea depth:

0 - 150 Meter 

Habitats:

Overhangs, Reef walls, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Shaded habitats, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns 

Size:

0.79" - 1.18" (2cm - 3cm) 

Temperature:

8,5 °F - 77 °F (8,5°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Brine Shrimps, Carnivore, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Dustfood , Jellyfish, Lobster eggs, Mysis, Plankton 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

Ei sovi aloittelijalle 

Offspring:

Easy 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:

• Leptopsammia britannica
• Leptopsammia chevalieri
• Leptopsammia columna
• Leptopsammia crassa
• Leptopsammia formosa
• Leptopsammia poculum
• 
  Leptopsammia pruvoti
  Kelchkoralle, Gelbe Nelkenkoralle, Pruvot Kelchkoralle
• Leptopsammia queenslandiae
• Leptopsammia stokesiana
• 
  Leptopsammia trinitatis
  Kelchkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-10-20 13:07:38 

Last edit:

2026-04-03 19:27:07 

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