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Plerogyra sinuosa Rounded Bubblegum Coral

Plerogyra sinuosa is commonly referred to as Rounded Bubblegum Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: 2 - Enkel. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Rafi Amar, Israel

Bubble Coral - Plerogyra sinuosa, 2021


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lexID:
639 
AphiaID:
207498 
Scientific:
Plerogyra sinuosa 
German:
Rundliche Blasenkoralle 
English:
Rounded Bubblegum Coral 
Category:
Stenkoraller - LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Scleractinia incertae sedis (Family) > Plerogyra (Genus) > sinuosa (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Dana, ), 1846 
Occurrence:
Eritrea, Sudan, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Cambodia, Comores, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Palmyra Atoll, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian 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 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
11.81" - 39.37" (30cm - 100cm) 
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, Dustfood , Frozen Food (large sort), Plankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
Difficulty:
2 - 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
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-01-27 12:26:53 

Captive breeding / propagation

Plerogyra sinuosa is easy to breed. There are offspring in the trade available. If you are interested in Plerogyra sinuosa, please contact us at Your dealer for a progeny instead of a wildcat. You help to protect the natural stocks.

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Plerogyra sinuosa (Dana, 1846)

Characters: Colonies are flabello-meandroid with valleys more or less connected by a light blistery coenosteum. Sometimes living parts of colonies are separated by dead basal parts.

Similar Species: Plerogyra discus

Synonymised names
Euphyllia cultrifera Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Euphyllia sinuosa Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Plerogyra cultrifera (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Plerogyra excavata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Plerogyra laxa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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External links

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



Pictures

Juvenile


Commonly

Copyright Bo Davidsson, Schweden
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Copyright Anders Poulsen, colours.dk
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Plerogyra sinuosa (c) by Alexander Semenov
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Plerogyra sinuosa (c) by Alexander Semenov
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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland
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Husbandry know-how of owners

am 27.01.26#6
Danke Muelly für deine schnelle Antwort, dann schau ich mir die Platzierung bei mir mal genauer an.
Mit dem Wert hab ich eine ungefähre Vorstellung!
am 27.01.26#5
Hallo Andreas,
Minimum 10-15 cm Abstand.
lg von Muelly
am 27.01.26#4
Hey, ich überlege mir eines dieser schönen Tiere auf einen kleinen flying Frag rock für die Rückwand zu setzen.
Die langen Kampftentakel wurden ja mehrfach erwähnt, was wäre denn ein ausreichender Abstand zu anderen Korallen?
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