Dipsastraea danai Stony coral

Dipsastraea danai is commonly referred to as Stony coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended.

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Scientific:: Dipsastraea danai
German:: Hirnkoralle
English:: Stony Coral

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Dipsastraea (Genus) > danai (Species)
Initial determination:: (Milne Edwards & Haime, ), 1857

Occurrence:: Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Red Sea
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

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country))

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2007-03-25 19:05:21
Last edit:: 2019-04-12 17:12:02

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Dipsastraea danai (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)

Characters: Colonies are massive and usually small. Corallites are conical, with thick walls. Fore more Infos click to the Link to AIMS Website

Synonymised names:
Favia danae Verrill, 1872 (homonym, synonym)
Favia danai Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (original combination, basionym)

External links

Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
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.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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