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Platygyra acuta Brain coral, Lesser valley coral

Platygyra acutais commonly referred to as Brain coral, Lesser valley coral . Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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

Platygyra acuta. Seychelle Islands. A small colony in a shallow fringing reef. Photograph: Charlie Veron


Courtesy of the author Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien, Australien . Please visit www.coralsoftheworld.org for more information.

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lexID:
2399 
AphiaID:
289203 
Scientific:
Platygyra acuta 
German:
Hirnkoralle 
English:
Brain Coral, Lesser Valley Coral  
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Platygyra (Genus) > acuta (Species) 
Initial determination:
Veron, 2000 
Occurrence:
Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea, Australia, China, East Africa, Egypt, Fiji, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Komodo (Komodo Island), Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Vietnam, Yemen 
Sea depth:
2 - 20 Meter 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
44 gal (~ 200L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
Offspring:
Easy to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Red List:
Near threatened (NT) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2007-11-24 19:42:55 

Captive breeding / propagation

Platygyra acuta is easy to breed. There are offspring in the trade available. If you are interested in Platygyra acuta, please contact us at Your dealer for a progeny instead of a wildcat. You help to protect the natural stocks.

Info

Characters:
Colonies are massive and meandroid, with walls forming an acute or sharp edge. Septa are uniformly exsert and have ragged margins. Columellae are well developed but do not form centres.

For more Infos click to the Link to AIMS Website

Similar Species: Platygyra daedalea, which has weakly developed columellae. Living colonies of P. daedalea do not have walls with such acute edges. See also P. sinensis, which has more meandroid valleys and walls of uniform thickness.

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

Scientific paper

  1. High levels of inorganic nutrients affect fertilization kinetics, early development and settlement of the scleractinian coralPlatygyra acuta, Lam, E. K. Y.; Chui, A. P. Y.; Kwok, C. K.; Ip, A. H. P.; Chan, S. W.; Leung, H. N.; Yeung, L. C.; Ang, P. O. , 2015

External links

  1. Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Platygyra acuta. Seychelle Islands. A small colony in a shallow fringing reef. Photograph: Charlie Veron
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Husbandry know-how of owners

snblau
@snblau

am 25.08.14#1
Ich kann meine Korallen nicht eindeutig zuordnen, den Abbildungen folgend, sollte es sich aber P. acuta handeln.

1. Die Art ist gut haltbar, besonders unter Blaulicht sehr attraktiv.

2. Sie vernesselt andere Korallen, z.B. Acanthastrea, wenn man nicht auf einen Mindestabstand achtet (10 cm?). Zwischen der Strömung und der Länge der Tentakeln scheint tatsächlich ein Zusammenhang zu bestehen.

3. Licht: Braucht nicht unbedingt viel Licht, sie könnte im Gegenteil bei zu scharfer Beleuchtung ausbleichen.

3. Zufütterung gut möglich, bei mir immer mit Fauna Marin "Ultra LPS", wobei mir hier die kleinere Körnung geeigneter erscheint.

4. Die Koralle lässt sich gut fragmentieren und regeneriert recht schnell.

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