Favites magnistellata Stony Coral

Favites magnistellata is commonly referred to as Stony Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Mediamente facile. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien

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lexID:: 1637
AphiaID:: 1289661

Scientific:: Favites magnistellata
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Stony Coral

Category:: Coralli duri LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Favites (Genus) > magnistellata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Milne Edwards & Haime, ), 1849

Occurrence:: Eritrea, Hong Kong, Sudan, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Comores, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Eastern Indian Ocean, Egypt, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Territory (Australia), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paracel-Islands, Philippines, Pulisan, Queensland (Australia), Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spratly Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Timor, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia, 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:: 1 - 40 Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: 24,7 °F - 84.02 °F (24,7°C - 28.9°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 33 gal (~ 150L)
Difficulty:: Mediamente facile
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:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2005-10-08 14:24:16
Last edit:: 2025-09-12 20:50:21

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Favites magnistellata Chevalier, 1971

Synonymised names
Favia magnistellata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Favites magnistellata (Chevalier, 1971) · unaccepted > junior homonym
Montastraea magnistellata Chevalier, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Montastrea magnistellata Chevalier, 1971 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Phymastrea magnistellata (Chevalier, 1971) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Prionastraea magnistellata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Prionastrea magnostellata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

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