{"id":281,"date":"2021-07-10T16:02:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T16:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=281"},"modified":"2021-07-10T16:02:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T16:02:21","slug":"lithophyllum-sp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=281","title":{"rendered":"Lithophyllum sp."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/litho2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282\" width=\"311\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/litho2.jpg 368w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/litho2-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 85vw, 311px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lithophyllum<\/em> is a calcareous encrusting algae that forms heavily calcified plates or discs that encrust rocks and coral reefs. Like many encrusting algae, it plays an important role in building reef structures by cementing dead coral tissue and fragments together. It features overlapping pink colored irregular shaped discs, often with a distinctive white edge. Existing fragments can be broken off and glued to live rock in the aquarium. This species is most often encountered on imported live rock as it&#8217;s native to the reef and can be difficult to obtain. Like most heavily encrusting macro algae species it requires large amounts of calcium supplementation to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"341\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/litho3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/litho3.jpg 341w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/litho3-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 85vw, 341px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientific Name: <em>Lithophyllum sp.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common Name: Coralline Algae<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Origin: Caribbean, S. Pacific<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depth Collected: 1-50 feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maximum Height: 8&#8243;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Growth Rate: Slow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Light: Moderate to High<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Temperature: 72-82<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Propagation: Sporulation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Difficulty: Moderate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Food Value: Not Palatable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nutrient Uptake: None<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flow Rate: Moderate to High<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lithophyllum is a calcareous encrusting algae that forms heavily calcified plates or discs that encrust rocks and coral reefs. Like many encrusting algae, it plays an important role in building reef structures by cementing dead coral tissue and fragments together. It features overlapping pink colored irregular shaped discs, often with a distinctive white edge. Existing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=281\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lithophyllum sp.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coralline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions\/284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}