Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien, Australien
Info
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http://www.coralsoftheworld.org/species_factsheets/species_factsheet_summary/goniastrea-pectinata/
Characters: Colonies are submassive or encrusting. Corallites are cerioid to submeandroid. The latter usually have less than four centres. Walls are thick, paliform lobes are well developed.
Similar Species: Goniastrea edwardsi, which has markedly smaller corallites and G. australensis which has valleys of similar width but is usually fully meandroid. See also the merulinid Merulina scheeri.
Corals from the genus Goniastrea are to be seen in the attitude like many brain corals of the genus Favia and Favites. So bottom to mid-light zone with moderate to intermittent turbulent currents, which should not be directed directly at the animal.
They live on the stored zooxanthellae, but are also able to catch and utilize smallest planktonic food. Often this leads naturally to better growth and thus better stand of the coral in the aquarium.
Again we would like to point out that it is not always possible for us to identify all species exactly.
But the following link often helps, at least concerning the genus and possibly also the exact species.
Similar to Goniastrea edwardsi, also Favites pentagona and Favites halicora.
Note: similar species are, Goniastrea edwardsi but with narrower corallites, as are Goniastrea australensis as well as Merulina scheeri.
Difficult to tell apart for the layman.
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Synonyme:
Astraea (Fissicella) cerium Dana, 1846
Astraea (Fissicella) favistella Dana, 1846
Astraea (Fissicella) pectinata Ehrenberg, 1834
Astraea cerium Dana, 1846
Astraea favistella Dana, 1846
Astraea pectinata Ehrenberg, 1834
Astraea sinuosa Dana, 1846
Goniastrea cerium (Dana, 1846)
Goniastrea coronalis Quelch, 1886
Goniastrea favistella (Dana, 1846)
Goniastrea grayi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Goniastrea planulata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Goniastrea quoyi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Goniastrea regularis Chevalier, 1971
Platygyra exigua Nemenzo, 1959
http://www.coralsoftheworld.org/species_factsheets/species_factsheet_summary/goniastrea-pectinata/
Characters: Colonies are submassive or encrusting. Corallites are cerioid to submeandroid. The latter usually have less than four centres. Walls are thick, paliform lobes are well developed.
Similar Species: Goniastrea edwardsi, which has markedly smaller corallites and G. australensis which has valleys of similar width but is usually fully meandroid. See also the merulinid Merulina scheeri.
Corals from the genus Goniastrea are to be seen in the attitude like many brain corals of the genus Favia and Favites. So bottom to mid-light zone with moderate to intermittent turbulent currents, which should not be directed directly at the animal.
They live on the stored zooxanthellae, but are also able to catch and utilize smallest planktonic food. Often this leads naturally to better growth and thus better stand of the coral in the aquarium.
Again we would like to point out that it is not always possible for us to identify all species exactly.
But the following link often helps, at least concerning the genus and possibly also the exact species.
Similar to Goniastrea edwardsi, also Favites pentagona and Favites halicora.
Note: similar species are, Goniastrea edwardsi but with narrower corallites, as are Goniastrea australensis as well as Merulina scheeri.
Difficult to tell apart for the layman.
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Synonyme:
Astraea (Fissicella) cerium Dana, 1846
Astraea (Fissicella) favistella Dana, 1846
Astraea (Fissicella) pectinata Ehrenberg, 1834
Astraea cerium Dana, 1846
Astraea favistella Dana, 1846
Astraea pectinata Ehrenberg, 1834
Astraea sinuosa Dana, 1846
Goniastrea cerium (Dana, 1846)
Goniastrea coronalis Quelch, 1886
Goniastrea favistella (Dana, 1846)
Goniastrea grayi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Goniastrea planulata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Goniastrea quoyi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Goniastrea regularis Chevalier, 1971
Platygyra exigua Nemenzo, 1959
