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Dipsastraea marshae knob coral

Dipsastraea marshae 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.

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

Favia marshae. Philippines. Colonies have a smooth surface and neatly rounded corallites. Photograph: Charlie Veron.


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

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lexID:
4391 
AphiaID:
758226 
Scientific:
Dipsastraea marshae 
German:
Hirnkoralle 
English:
Knob Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Dipsastraea (Genus) > marshae (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Veron, ), 2000 
Occurrence:
Indo Pacific, Palau, Philippines 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton, 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) 
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in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2019-04-12 17:53:16 

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Dipsastraea marshae (Veron, 2000)

Characters: Colonies are dome-shaped or flat. Corallites are shallow, circular, neatly arranged and 15-20 millimetres diameter. Corallites at the colony margin are frequently arranged in concentric rows. Septa are fine. Paliform lobes are weakly formed or absent.

Colour: Uniform pale grey with contrasting walls and centres.

Synonymised names:
Favia marshae Veron, 2000 (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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Favia marshae. Philippines. Colonies have a smooth surface and neatly rounded corallites. Photograph: Charlie Veron.
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