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Pectinia lactuca Lettuce Coral

Pectinia lactuca is commonly referred to as Lettuce Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Helppo. A aquarium size of at least 250 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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

Philippines. The characteristic features of a well developed colony. 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:
4285 
AphiaID:
207378 
Scientific:
Pectinia lactuca 
German:
Knüllpapierkoralle, Salatkoralle 
English:
Lettuce Coral 
Category:
Kivikorallit LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Pectinia (Genus) > lactuca (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Pallas, ), 1766 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Bunaken, Cambodia, China, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Fiji, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, Timor, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
1 - 15 Meter 
Habitats:
Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
9.84" - 39.37" (25cm - 100cm) 
Temperature:
77.36 °F - 84.74 °F (25.2°C - 29.3°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
54.99 gal (~ 250L)  
Difficulty:
Helppo 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Red List:
Endangered (EN) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-03-25 20:06:37 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Pectinia lactuca (Pallas, 1766)

“From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”

"Characters: Colonies are submassive or form thick plates and frequently exceed one metre across. They have elongate valleys and walls of relatively uniform height. Most valleys can be traced from the colony centre to the margins.

Colour: Uniform grey, brown or green.

Habitat: Most reef environments, especially lower reef slopes and turbid water habitats.

Abundance: Common.

Similar species: Pectinia ayleni , Pectinia maxima"

Synonymised names
Madrepora (Tridacophyllia) lactuca Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora lactuca Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Manicina lactuca (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mycedium lactuca (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pavona lactuca (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pavonia lactuca (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pectinia symphylloides (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridacophyllia laciniata var. japonica Yabe & Sugiyama, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridacophyllia lactuca (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tridacophyllia lactuca japonica Yabe & Sugiyama, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridacophyllia lactuca tanabensis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridacophyllia manicina Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridacophyllia rectifolia Saville-Kent, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridacophyllia symphylloides Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

  1. Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Philippines. The characteristic features of a well developed colony. Photograph: Charlie Veron.
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