Pachyseris foliosa Stony Coral

Pachyseris foliosa is commonly referred to as Stony Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: 3 - Ganska enkel. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien

Pachyseris foliosa. Papua New Guinea. Colony of tiered whorls of mostly undivided fronds. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

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

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lexID:: 1850
AphiaID:: 288720

Scientific:: Pachyseris foliosa
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Stony Coral

Category:: Stenkoraller - LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Scleractinia incertae sedis (Family) > Pachyseris (Genus) > foliosa (Species)
Initial determination:: Veron, 1990

Occurrence:: Australia, Central Pazific, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, The Bangai Archipelago, Togean Islands, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: 0 - 30 Meter
Size:: up to 31.5" (80 cm)
Temperature:: 28,2 °F - 29,2 °F (28,2°C - 29,2°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 33 gal (~ 150L)
Difficulty:: 3 - Ganska enkel
Offspring:: Possible to breed
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:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2006-02-18 11:31:04
Last edit:: 2019-10-23 16:36:14

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Pachyseris foliosa
Veron, 1990

Infos from AIMS:
Characters: Colonies consist of whorls of delicate, unifacial, undivided or bifurcating fronds. Valleys are shallow and parallel to frond margins. There is almost no development of columellae
For more Infos click to the Link to AIMS:

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.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Pachyseris foliosa. Papua New Guinea. Colony of tiered whorls of mostly undivided fronds. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

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