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Plerogyra simplex Branching Bubble Coral

Plerogyra simplex is commonly referred to as Branching Bubble Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Bernard Dupont, Frankreich

Bubble Coral (Plerogyra simplex), Bali Barat NP, Bali, INDONESIA 2024


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lexID:
2429 
AphiaID:
287848 
Scientific:
Plerogyra simplex 
German:
Verzweigte Blasenkoralle 
English:
Branching Bubble Coral 
Category:
Sten koraller LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Scleractinia incertae sedis (Family) > Plerogyra (Genus) > simplex (Species) 
Initial determination:
Rehberg, 1892 
Occurrence:
American Samoa, Australia, Bali, Bunaken, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Guam, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna 
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 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Ocean beach, Seashore 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, CO2, Dissolved organic substances, Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-09-20 13:55:13 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Plerogyra simplex Rehberg, 1892

Colonies are branched, the branches being of uniform length and uniformly spaced. Branches are monocentric, forming phaceloid colonies. The coenosteum is smooth, with costae only formed below corallite rims. For more infos and more pictures click to the link to AIMS Website.

Synonymised names
Plerogyra taisnei Chevalier, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

  1. Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 20.09.2024.
  2. reefbuilders (en). Abgerufen am 20.09.2024.

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Bubble Coral (Plerogyra simplex) , Fukui, Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, INDONESIA 2009
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Plerogyra simplex. Papua New Guinea. Vesicles are the same shape but about half the size as those of P. sinuosa.. Photograph: Charlie Veron
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fiji 08 _9283455,Branching Bubble Coral, Plerogyra simplex, Gee's Rock 2008
bangka 11 IMG_1189,Branching Bubble Coral, Plerogyra simplex, Sampiri 2011
Bubble Coral (Plerogyra simplex), Bali Barat NP, Bali, INDONESIA 2024

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