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Astraeosmilia maxima knob coral

Astraeosmilia maxima 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 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
2147 
AphiaID:
1487798 
Scientific:
Astraeosmilia maxima 
German:
Hirnkoralle 
English:
Knob Coral 
Category:
Sten koraller LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Astraeosmilia (Genus) > maxima (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, ), 1977 
Occurrence:
Indian Ocean, Palau, Philippines 
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 - 35 Meter 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
22 gal (~ 100L)  
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) 
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Publisher:
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Last edit:
2024-05-05 19:24:04 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Astraeosmilia maxima (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977)

Infos from AIMS: Characters: Colonies are massive and usually small. Corallites have well defined walls. Septa are regular, thickened at the wall and with conspicuous paliform lobes forming a crown around the columella. Polyps may be fleshy. Colour: Brown or yellow-brown with dull green or white oral discs. For more Infos click to the Link to AIMS Website.

Synonymised names:
Dipsastraea maxima (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Favia maxima Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

External links

  1. Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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