Goniastrea thecata Stony coral

Goniastrea thecata 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.

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Goniastrea thecata

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lexID:: 2679
AphiaID:: 288029

Scientific:: Goniastrea thecata
German:: Hirnkoralle
English:: Stony Coral

Category:: Stenkoraller - LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Goniastrea (Genus) > thecata (Species)
Initial determination:: Veron, DeVantier & Turak, 2000

Occurrence:: Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea, Egypt, Gulf of Aden, Indo Pacific, Israel, Jordan, Madagascar, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, 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 - 30 Meter
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: 80.06 °F - 84.74 °F (26.7°C - 29.3°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 33 gal (~ 150L)
Difficulty:: 3 - Ganska enkel
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown