Pavona bipartita Pavona bipartita

Pavona bipartitais commonly referred to as Pavona bipartita. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended.

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

Pavona bipartita. Red Sea. Surface of a submassive colony. 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:: 4262
AphiaID:: 289199

Scientific:: Pavona bipartita
German:: Pavona bipartita
English:: Pavona Bipartita

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Agariciidae (Family) > Pavona (Genus) > bipartita (Species)
Initial determination:: Nemenzo, 1979

Occurrence:: Africa, Bunaken, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Eastern Pacific Ocean, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Java, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Micronesia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Oceania, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, Thailand, the Seychelles, Timor, Tonga, Vanuatu
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 109.99 gal (~ 500L)
Difficulty:: Average

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country))

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Pavona cf. explanulata
Schlängelseptenkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-03-26 20:27:55
Last edit:: 2012-03-26 20:27:55

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“From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”
Nemenzo, 1980

Description: Colonies are submassive or encrusting and may be over one metre across. Corallites are uniformly distributed but collines are characteristically uneven in height and may form slightly raised ridges several centimetres long. Septo-costae are in two slightly alternating orders.
Color: Uniform pale to dark brown.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Uncommon.
Similar Species: Pavona duerdeni.

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Pavona bipartita. Red Sea. Surface of a submassive colony. Photograph: Charlie Veron

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