Goniastrea edwardsi Stony corals

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

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lexID:: 1679
AphiaID:: 207466

Scientific:: Goniastrea edwardsi
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Stony Corals

Category:: Coralli duri LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Goniastrea (Genus) > edwardsi (Species)
Initial determination:: Chevalier, 1971

Occurrence:: Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Bahrain, Bakers Island, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Howland Island, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indo-Pacific coral triangle, Indonesia, Irak, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paracel-Islands, Philippines, Pulisan, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Spratly Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, the Cargados Carajos Shoals, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, 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:: 0 - 40 Meter
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: 77.18 °F - 84.02 °F (25.1°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:: 2005-10-19 22:05:50
Last edit:: 2026-03-27 20:04:56

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier, 1971

Similar Species: Goniastrea retiformis. See also G. aspera, which has larger corallites.

Synonymised names:
Astraea parvistella Dana, 1846 (synonym ?)
Goniastrea capitata Studer, 1880 (synonym ?)
Goniastrea parvistella (Dana, 1846) (synonym ?)
Goniastrea solida Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (synonym ?)

External links

Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
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.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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