Hydnophora grandis Stony Coral

Hydnophora grandis is commonly referred to as Stony Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: 3 - Ganska enkel. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

1917 

AphiaID:

287996 

Scientific:

Hydnophora grandis 

German:

Steinkoralle 

English:

Stony Coral 

Category:

Stenkoraller - LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Hydnophora (Genus) > grandis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Gardiner, 1904 

Occurrence:

Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi Utara 

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:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

44 gal (~ 200L)  

Difficulty:

3 - Ganska enkel 

Offspring:

Easy 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:

• 
  Hydnophora bonsai
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Hydnophora exesa
  Pickelkoralle
• 
  Hydnophora grandis
  Steinkoralle
• 
  Hydnophora microconos
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Hydnophora pilosa
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Hydnophora rigida
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2006-04-30 10:47:27 

Last edit:

2023-02-03 22:28:55 

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