Echinopora gemmacea Stony corals

Echinopora gemmaceais commonly referred to as Stony corals. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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

“From J.E.N. Charlie Veron, Corals of the World.” Foto aus Japan

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lexID:: 1785
AphiaID:: 207418

Scientific:: Echinopora gemmacea
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Stony Corals

Category:: Sten koraller LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Echinopora (Genus) > gemmacea (Species)
Initial determination:: (Lamarck, ), 1816

Occurrence:: Eritrea, Sudan, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Kuwait, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Arabian Sea, Australia, Bahrain, China, Comores, Cook Islands, East Africa, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen
Sea depth:: 1 - 50 Meter
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
Difficulty:: Average
Offspring:: Possible 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:

More related species in this lexicon:

Echinopora pacifica
Echinopora pacifica

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2005-12-26 15:00:30
Last edit:: 2007-05-09 00:30:18

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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(Lamarck, 1816)

Description: Colonies are laminar and bifacial, sometimes forming contorted branches. Corallites are 3.5-4.5 millimetres diameter. Columellae are large, and paliform lobes are not well developed. Primary septa may be thick and are always exsert.

Similar Species: Echinopora horrida, which has similar corallite characters but is usually branching whereas E. gemmacea is usually laminar. See also E. hirsutissima.

Other Spezies:
Echinopora ashmorensis
Echinopora fruticulosa
Echinopora gemmacea
Echinopora hirsutissima
Echinopora horrida
Echinopora irregularis
Echinopora lamellosa
Echinopora mammiformis
Echinopora pacificus
Echinopora robusta
Echinopora tiranensis

Synonyms:
Echinastrea gemmacea (Lamarck, 1816)
Echinopora carduus Klunzinger, 1879
Echinopora concamerata Klunzinger, 1879
Echinopora ehrenbergi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Echinopora rousseaui Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Echinopora solidior Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Explanaria gemmacea Lamarck, 1816
Explanaria hemprichii Ehrenberg, 1834
Orbicella mammilosa Klunzinger, 1879
Stephanocora hemprichii Ehrenberg, 1834

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Echinopora (Genus) > Echinopora gemmacea (Species)

External links

Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 26.09.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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“From J.E.N. Charlie Veron, Corals of the World.” Foto aus Japan

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