Favites rotundata knob coral

Favites rotundata is commonly referred to as knob coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 1803
AphiaID:: 207445

Scientific:: Favites rotundata
German:: Hirnkoralle
English:: Knob Coral

Category:: Sten koraller LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Favites (Genus) > rotundata (Species)
Initial determination:: Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977

Occurrence:: Sudan, Eritrea, (the) Maldives, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Egypt, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paracel-Islands, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Spratly Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, the Seychelles, Timor, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 0 - 50 Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, Lagoons, Reef slopes, Rocky reefs
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Temperature:: 76.46 °F - 84.2 °F (24.7°C - 29°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
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:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2006-01-15 14:45:10
Last edit:: 2025-09-13 17:34:04

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Favites rotundata Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977

Characters: Colonies are dome-shaped or flat. Corallites are thick walled and circular, tending to be cerioid and 19-22 millimetres diameter. Polyps are fleshy and circular in outline. Colour: Pale grey, yellowish or brown. Corallite rims are usually distinctively coloured.

Synonymised names:
Dipsastraea rotundata (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977) (previous combination)
Favia rotundata (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977) (previous combination)

External links

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

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