Coscinaraea columna Stony Coral

Coscinaraea columnais 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:

2352 

AphiaID:

207256 

Scientific:

Coscinaraea columna 

German:

Steinkoralle 

English:

Stony Coral 

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Coscinaraeidae (Family) > Coscinaraea (Genus) > columna (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Dana, ), 1846 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Banda Sea, Bunaken, Cebu ((Philippines), Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Malaysia, Mauritius, Micronesia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , South China Sea, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, Thailand, the Seychelles, Timor, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam 

Size:

7.87" - 15.75" (20cm - 40cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton, 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:

• 
  Coscinaraea columna
  Steinkoralle
• 
  Coscinaraea crassa
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Coscinaraea marshae
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Coscinaraea mcneilli
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Coscinaraea monile
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Coscinaraea exesa
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Coscinaraea hahazimaensis
  Großpolpyige Steinkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-08-18 11:58:40 

Last edit:

2007-08-18 12:00:33 

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