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Pachyseris speciosa Hard coral

Pachyseris speciosais commonly referred to as Hard coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
645 
AphiaID:
207293 
Scientific:
Pachyseris speciosa 
German:
Rinnenkoralle, Rillenkoralle 
English:
Hard Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Scleractinia incertae sedis (Family) > Pachyseris (Genus) > speciosa (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Dana, ), 1846 
Occurrence:
Djibouti, Sudan, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, China, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Rodriguez, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Togean Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam 
Sea depth:
4 - 35 Meter 
Size:
up to 78.74" (200 cm) 
Temperature:
24,7 °F - 84.2 °F (24,7°C - 29°C) 
Food:
Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, Dissolved organic substances, Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
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:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-04-26 11:42:36 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Pachyseris speciosa
Dana, 1846

Description: Colonies are unifacial laminae, usually horizontal, but may develop upright ridges or columns. They commonly form stands several metres across. More than one row of corallites may occur between ridges. Columellae are absent.

Similar Species: Pachyseris gemmae.

External links

  1. Auch Pachyseris speciosa kann röhrenförmige Zweige bilden (en). Abgerufen am 14.09.2022.
  2. Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 04.01.2021.
  3. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 04.01.2021.
  4. Pachyseris inattesa sp. n. (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia): a new reef coral species from the Red Sea and its phylogenetic relationships (en). Abgerufen am 05.01.2021.
  5. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 04.01.2021.
  6. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 04.01.2021.

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Copyright Bo Davidsson, Schweden
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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland
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Pachyseris speciosa. Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Large colonies comprised of laminae with fluted margins are unusual. Photograph: Charlie Veron
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Pachyseris speciosa - Rinnenkoralle November 2007 - Egypt - Red Sea - Safari - Canon PowerShot G7
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Foto: Thailand

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