Galaxea fascicularis Crystal Coral, Galaxy Coral

Galaxea fascicularis is commonly referred to as Crystal Coral, Galaxy 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:: 663
AphiaID:: 207366

Scientific:: Galaxea fascicularis
German:: Kristallkoralle
English:: Crystal Coral, Galaxy Coral

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Euphylliidae (Family) > Galaxea (Genus) > fascicularis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1767

Occurrence:: Sudan, Kuwait, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Djibouti, Hong Kong, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Bahrain, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Central Pazific, China, Comores, Cook Islands, East Africa, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Togean Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen
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:: 3 - 25 Meter
Habitats:: Coastal waters, Hemming reefs, Protected reefs, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 196.85" (500 cm)
Temperature:: 77 °F - 29,3 °F (25°C - 29,3°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
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:

More related species in this lexicon:

Galaxea horrescens
Großpolypige Steinkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-09-11 18:10:47
Last edit:: 2026-03-11 16:16:34

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)

its easy to keep and not rare in european Reef Tanks.

Description: Small colonies are cushion-shaped or low domes or are irregular. Large colonies, which frequently exceed 5 metres across, are columnar or massive. Corallites are of mixed sizes, usually less than 10 millimetres diameter with numerous septa reaching the corallite centre. Tentacles are usually extended during the day.

Synonymised names
Anthophyllum cuspidatum (Esper, 1789) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Anthophyllum esperi Schweigger, 1820 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Anthophyllum fasciculare Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Anthophyllum fasciculatum (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Anthophyllum hystrix Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caryophyllia fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Caryophyllia fasciculata (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Galaxea anthophyllites Faurot, 1894 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea aspera Quelch, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea caryophyllites Krüger, 1823 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea caryophyllites fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Galaxea colamnaris Eguchi & Shirai, 1977 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea columnaris Eguchi & Shirai, 1977 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Galaxea cuspidata (Esper, 1789) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea ellisi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea esperi (Schweigger, 1820) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea fascicularis var. anthophyllites Faurot, 1894 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea fascicularis var. aspera Quelch, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea fascicularis var. columnaris Chevalier, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea fascicularis var. ellisi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea fascicularis var. lawisiana Nemenzo, 1959 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea fascicularis var. minima Chevalier, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea fascicularis var. solida Chevalier, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea fasicularis Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Galaxea fragilis Quelch, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea heterocyathus Ortmann, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea hexagonalis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (?)
Galaxea hystrix Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea irregularis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea lawisiana Nemenzo, 1959 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea prolifera Nemenzo & Ferraris, 1982 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (?)
Galaxea quoyi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea tenella Brüggemann, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora cuspidata Esper, 1789 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora divergens Forskål, 1775 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora fascicularis Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Matrepora cuspidata (Esper, 1789) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sarcinula divergens (Forskål, 1775) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sarcinula ellisii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sarcinula fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Sarcinula hexagonalis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sarcinula hystrix (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sarcinula irregularis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sarcinula quoyi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (7)
Variety Galaxea fascicularis var. anthophyllites Faurot, 1894 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Galaxea fascicularis var. aspera Quelch, 1886 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Galaxea fascicularis var. columnaris Chevalier, 1971 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Galaxea fascicularis var. ellisi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Galaxea fascicularis var. lawisiana Nemenzo, 1959 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Galaxea fascicularis var. minima Chevalier, 1971 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Galaxea fascicularis var. solida Chevalier, 1971 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

External links

Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Galaxea Can Grow as big as Houses! (en). Abgerufen am 14.09.2022.

Stockliste

Tip: Wenn Sie in Ihrem Profil Ihre PLZ angeben, werden die Händler nach der Entfernung zu Ihnen sortiert.

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Galaxy Coral Polyps (Galaxea fascicularis), Mandoline, Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, INDONESIA 2009

© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Galaxea fascicularis, Lagoons of Mauritius 2015

Husbandry know-how of owners

realityrulez
@realityrulez

am 22.03.21#5

Hab jetzt eine seit nem Jahr. Hat sensibel auf ein Jod-Mangel negativ reagiert, ansonsten war sie relativ unempfindlich, auch bei PO4 bei 0,3 oder NO3 bei 20. Bei mir steht sie in WENIG Strömung und mittlerer Höhe/Licht, kriegt trotzdem extrem lange und gefährliche Kampftentakel. Lang heißt in dem Fall ~15 cm, die mir eine andere Koralle auch ziemlich vernesselt haben..

Baghira
@Baghira

am 06.02.13#4

Hallo,
ich halte das Tier schon seit einigen Jahren.
Sehr anspruchslos. Sowohl beim Standort, Licht sowie auch mit der Strömung.
Sie nesselt stark, was bei ner sinnvollen Platzierung im Becken aber kein großes Problem darstellt.
Man sollte auf die Strömung achten. Desto stärker die Strömung, umso länger werden die Tentakeln.
Ich schon eine Korallenblüte (vielleicht auch schon mehrere, aber die hab ich nicht mitbekommen).
Ich würde sie jederzeit wieder einsetzen.

Aber wie gesagt: Achtung bei der Standortwahl! Dann hat man auch lange Freude daran. :-)

Benjamin
@Benjamin

am 24.10.06#3

Habe diese Koralle vor ca. 2 Jahren von einen befreundeten Händler geschenkt bekommen , war damals in einen jämmerlichen Zustand . Wuchsform halbkugelig , die halbe Koralle besaß damals kein lebendes Gewebe mehr , nach ca. einen halben Jahr hatte sich die Koralle komplett wieder regeneriert und zeigte ihre volle Schönheit . Habe sie bis heute in mein Herz geschlossen , obwohl ihre langen Kampftentakel bisweilen Probleme machen . Sehr dankbares Tier , wenn man das von einer Koralle mal sagen darf , bekommt regelmäßig von dem Tubastreaplankton eine Portion ab , nimmt wie alle LPS gerne mal Nahrung auf .

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