Montipora angulata Pore coral

Montipora angulata is commonly referred to as Pore coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 287691

Scientific:: Montipora angulata
German:: Steinkoralle
English:: Pore Coral

Category:: Stony Corals SPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Montipora (Genus) > angulata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Lamarck, ), 1816

Occurrence:: American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna
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 - 49 Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, Hemming reefs, Reef roofs, Reef canopies, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Temperature:: 76.64 °F - 84.38 °F (24.8°C - 29.1°C)
Food:: Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 109.99 gal (~ 500L)
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:

Endangered (EN)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-08-24 20:41:47
Last edit:: 2026-03-17 19:41:03

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Montipora angulata (Lamarck, 1816)

The colonies are encrusting, with short, twisted, tuft-like branching.

Unfortunately, this light brown stony coral is also now listed as a threatened species on the IUCN Red List.

The coral is found in fringing reefs and lives on its zooxanthellae.

Rare species!

Colour: Pale brown.

Habitat: Fringing reef flats.

Abundance: Rare.
Text source Corals of the world, Charlie Veron

Synonymised names
Montipora contorta Nemenzo & Montecillo, 1981 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Montipora porites Veron, 2000 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Montipora rigida Verrill, 1866 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porites angulata Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

External links

Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Copyright (c) by Len Zell http://www.lenzell.com/, Foto aus Französisch-Polynesien

Montipora porites. Indonesia. Compact colony of thin branches. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

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