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Echinopora forskaliana Echinopora forskaliana

Echinopora forskalianais commonly referred to as Echinopora forskaliana. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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

Echinopora forskaliana. Red Sea. Variation in the structure of corallites. 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:
4364 
AphiaID:
288341 
Scientific:
Echinopora forskaliana 
German:
Großpolypige Steinkoralle 
English:
Echinopora Forskaliana 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Echinopora (Genus) > forskaliana (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Milne Edwards & Haime, ), 1849 
Occurrence:
Djibouti, Sudan, Eritrea, Comores, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Red Sea, Réunion , Rodriguez, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tansania, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 
Sea depth:
1 - 20 Meter 
Size:
up to 7.87" (20 cm) 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Dustfood , Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
Offspring:
Possible 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:
2020-09-10 22:44:48 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Echinopora forskaliana are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Echinopora forskaliana, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Echinopora forskaliana, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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

Echinopora forskaliana
(Milne Edwards and Haime, 1850)

Characters: Colonies are massive, with little tendency to form plates. Corallites are tall and conical, up to 10 millimetres diameter. Long and short septo-costae slightly alternate and are neatly and uniformly beaded. Paliform lobes form a neat crown. The columella has spines twisted into a spiral.

Colour: Pink, sometimes brown.

Habitat: Shallow reef environments.

Abundance: Common.

Similar species: Echinopora gemmacea , Echinopora robusta

Synonym: Astrea forskaliana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic reference: Wijsman-Best (1980).

External links

  1. Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 10.09.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 10.09.2020.

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Echinopora forskaliana. Red Sea. Variation in the structure of corallites. Photograph: Charlie Veron.
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