Goniastrea thecata Stony coral

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

Profile

lexID:

2679 

AphiaID:

288029 

Scientific:

Goniastrea thecata 

German:

Hirnkoralle 

English:

Stony Coral 

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Goniastrea (Genus) > thecata (Species) 

Initial determination:

Veron, DeVantier & Turak, 2000 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan, Egypt, Gulf of Aden, Indo Pacific, Israel, Jordan, Madagascar, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Yemen 

Sea depth:

0 - 15 Meter 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

33 gal (~ 150L)  

Difficulty:

Average 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

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:

• 
  Goniastrea aspera
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Goniastrea deformis
  großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Goniastrea edwardsi
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Goniastrea favulus
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Goniastrea minuta
  Goniastrea minuta
• 
  Goniastrea pectinata
  Steinkoralle
• 
  Goniastrea ramosa
  großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Goniastrea retiformis
  großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Goniastrea thecata
  Hirnkoralle

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Goniastrea columella
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Goniastrea peresi
  großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Goniastrea stelligera
  Hinrkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-01-17 15:05:21 

Last edit:

2019-11-10 20:32:58 

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