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Leptastrea bewickensis Stony Coral

Leptastrea bewickensis 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.

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

Leptastrea bewickensis. Philippines. Surface of a colony showing corallites with six primary septa. 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:
2287 
AphiaID:
287822 
Scientific:
Leptastrea bewickensis 
German:
Steinkoralle 
English:
Stony Coral 
Category:
Stenkoraller - LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Scleractinia incertae sedis (Family) > Leptastrea (Genus) > bewickensis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Veron, Pichon & Best, 1977 
Occurrence:
American Samoa, Australia, Cambodia, Fiji, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vietnam 
Sea depth:
3 - 20 Meter 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
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:
Near threatened (NT) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-04-22 21:24:10 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Leptastrea bewickensis
Veron and Pichon, 1977

Characters:
Colonies are massive, flat or hillocky. Septa are in unequal cycles with approximately six widely spaced exsert primary septa plunging down to a small columella.

Similar Species: Parasimplastrea sheppardi.

External links

  1. Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Leptastrea bewickensis. Philippines. Surface of a colony showing corallites with six primary septa. Photograph: Charlie Veron.
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