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Dipsastraea maritima knob coral

Dipsastraea maritima is commonly referred to as knob coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
1754 
AphiaID:
758236 
Scientific:
Dipsastraea maritima 
German:
Hirnkoralle 
English:
Knob Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Dipsastraea (Genus) > maritima (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Nemenzo, ), 1971 
Occurrence:
Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Great Barrier Reef 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
up to 15.75" (40 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
44 gal (~ 200L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2019-04-12 17:49:17 

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Dipsastraea maritima (Nemenzo, 1971)

Characters: Colonies are massive and usually hemispherical. Corallites are exsert. Septa are uniform, fine and numerous. Paliform lobes are poorly developed or absent.

Synonymised names:
Bikiniastrea maritima Nemenzo, 1971 (basionym, changed combination)
Favia maritima (Nemenzo, 1971) (original combination, basionym)

External links

  1. Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Review of Coral Taxonomy, Evolution and Diversity by John E. N. Veron, Mary G. Stafford-Smith, Lyndon M. DeVantier and Emre Turak (en). Abgerufen am 29.04.2026.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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