Goniastrea favulus Stony Coral

Goniastrea favulus is 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.

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lexID:

2206 

AphiaID:

288026 

Scientific:

Goniastrea favulus 

German:

Großpolypige Steinkoralle 

English:

Stony Coral 

Category:

Sten koraller LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Goniastrea (Genus) > favulus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Dana, ), 1846 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Eritrea, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Bakers Island, Brunei Darussalam, China, Fiji, Howland Island, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indo-Pacific coral triangle, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Macau, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paracel-Islands, Philippines, Pulisan, Solomon Islands, Spratly Islands, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Kermadec Islands, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Pacific Ocean, 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 - 40 Meter 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

24,7 °F - 84.02 °F (24,7°C - 28.9°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:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Goniastrea deformis
• 
  Goniastrea edwardsi
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Goniastrea favulus
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Goniastrea minuta
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  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 stelligera
  Hirnkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-04-19 19:29:08 

Last edit:

2026-03-27 20:18:25 

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