Plesiastrea versipora Stony coral, Green coral, Small knob coral

Plesiastrea versipora is commonly referred to as Stony coral, Green coral, Small knob coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: 4 - Medelsvår. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

4237 

AphiaID:

207494 

Scientific:

Plesiastrea versipora 

German:

Großpolypige Steinkoralle 

English:

Stony Coral, Green Coral, Small Knob Coral 

Category:

Stenkoraller - LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Plesiastreidae (Family) > Plesiastrea (Genus) > versipora (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

Kuwait, Djibouti, Sudan, Eritrea, (the) Maldives, Africa, American Samoa, Australia, Bahrain, Bunaken, Cambodia, Chile, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Japan, Java, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Quatar, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South China Sea, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, 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:

1 - 40 Meter 

Size:

up to 118.11" (300 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, CO2, Dissolved organic substances, Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

4 - Medelsvår 

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:

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  Plesiastrea versipora
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-03-19 21:03:34 

Last edit:

2019-09-26 15:36:10 

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