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Favites colemani Montastrea coral

Favites colemani is commonly referred to as Montastrea coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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

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Courtesy of the author Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien . Please visit www.coralsoftheworld.org for more information.

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lexID:
4379 
AphiaID:
763489 
Scientific:
Favites colemani 
German:
Großpolypige Steinkoralle 
English:
Montastrea Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Favites (Genus) > colemani (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Veron, ), 2000 
Occurrence:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Australia, Banda Sea, Bunaken, Celebes Sea, China, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, Timor, Vietnam 
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:
7.87" - 19.69" (20cm - 50cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 278,5 °F (22°C - 278,5°C) 
Food:
Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
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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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-09-12 19:58:35 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Favites colemani are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Favites colemani, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Favites colemani, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

Info

“From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”
Veron, 2000

Characters: Colonies are submassive to encrusting, with compact rounded corallites 5-8 millimetres diameter. ?Groove and tubercle? formations are well developed. Two cycles of septa clearly alternate; both are thickened over walls and are uniformly toothed. A paliform crown is well developed.

Colour: Uniform brown or brown with green centres.

Habitat: Most reef environments.

Abundance: Common.

Similar species: Montastrea valenciennesi

Synonyms:
Montastraea colemani Veron, 2000 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Montastrea colemani Veron, 2000 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Phymastrea colemani (Veron, 2000) · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 12.09.2025.

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Montastrea colemani. Philippines. Variation in corallite shape and colour. Photograph: Charlie Veron.
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