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Favites valenciennesii boulder star coral

Favites valenciennesii is commonly referred to as boulder star coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien

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Courtesy of the author Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien . Please visit www.coralsoftheworld.org for more information.

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lexID:
4360 
AphiaID:
763525 
Scientific:
Favites valenciennesii 
German:
Großpolypige Steinkoralle 
English:
Boulder Star Coral 
Category:
Sten koraller LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Favites (Genus) > valenciennesii (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Milne Edwards & Haime, ), 1849 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, Australia, Bunaken, Cambodia, Comores, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Fiji, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Réunion , Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Seychelles, Timor, Tonga, Tuvalu, USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-01-14 16:56:33 

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“From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”
Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848

Characters: Colonies are submassive to encrusting, with angular corallites 8-15 millimetres diameter. ?Groove and tubercle? formations are well developed. Long and short septa strongly alternate, are thickened over walls and are uniformly toothed.

Colour: Usually green, brown or yellow with white septa and sometimes green oral discs.

Habitat: Most reef environments.

Abundance: Usually uncommon.

Similar species: Montastrea colemani

External links

  1. Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Montastrea valenciennesi. Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Common variation in corallite shape and colour. Photograph: Charlie Veron.
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