Dipsastraea amicorum Basket Coral

Dipsastraea amicorumis commonly referred to as Basket Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 1366
AphiaID:: 762753

Scientific:: Dipsastraea amicorum
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Basket Coral

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Dipsastraea (Genus) > amicorum (Species)
Initial determination:: (Milne Edwards & Haime, ), 1849

Occurrence:: Hong Kong, Eritrea, Sudan, American Samoa, Australia, Banda Sea, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo (Kalimantan), Cambodia, Celebes Sea, China, Christmas Islands, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Egypt, Fiji, Flores, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Juan-Fernández-Islands, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, North Pacific (Ocean), Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South-Pazific, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, Timor Sea, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen
Sea depth:: 0 - 40 Meter
Size:: up to 7.87" (20 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C)
Food:: Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, Dissolved organic substances, Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
Difficulty:: Not for beginners
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)

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2005-03-28 17:38:57
Last edit:: 2020-09-01 22:01:32

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Description:

Colonies are massive and usually small. Corallites are plocoid to tubular. Budding is primarily extratentacular. Costae are equal and well developed. Paliform lobes are usually poorly developed. Columellae are small and compact. Tentacles are extended only at night.
Color: Usually brown, cream or green with pale oral discs.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments, especially reef backs protected from strong wave action.
Abundance: Uncommon.
Similar Species: Barabattoia laddi, which has longer corallites and alternating costae.

Synonyms:
Astraea ananas Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Barabattoia amicorum (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
Barabattoia goroensis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941
Barabattoia mirabilis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941
Barabattoia modesta Nemenzo, 1971
Favia amicorum (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
Parastrea amicorum Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

External links

Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Corals. Abgerufen am 01.09.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (vom Synonym Barabattoia amicorum) (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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