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Goniastrea favulus Stony Coral

Goniastrea favulusis commonly referred to as Stony Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:
2206 
AphiaID:
288026 
Scientific:
Goniastrea favulus 
German:
Großpolypige Steinkoralle 
English:
Stony Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Goniastrea (Genus) > favulus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Dana, ), 1846 
Occurrence:
Western Pacific Ocean 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2007-05-09 00:51:58 

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Goniastrea favulus
Dana, 1846

Infos from AIMS Site: Characters: Colonies are mostly massive. Corallites are sometimes cerioid but are mostly submeandroid. Walls are thin, columellae are small and paliform lobes are well developed. For more Infos an Pictures click to AIMS Website.

Similar Species: Goniastrea retiformis, which has similar corallite structures but is always cerioid.

Scientific paper

  1. In situ fertilisation success in the scleractinian coralGoniastrea favulus, K. J. Miller; C. N. Mundy, 2005
  2. Self-fertilization and maternal enzymes in the planulae of the coralGoniastrea favulus, J. A. Stoddart; R. C. Babcock; A. J. Heyward, 1988

External links

  1. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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