Dipsastraea pallida knob coral

Dipsastraea pallida is commonly referred to as knob coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 1847
AphiaID:: 758233

Scientific:: Dipsastraea pallida
German:: Hirnkoralle
English:: Knob Coral

Category:: Coralli duri LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Dipsastraea (Genus) > pallida (Species)
Initial determination:: (Dana, ), 1846

Occurrence:: Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Red Sea, Somalia, South-Africa, South-Pazific, the Seychelles
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country))

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2006-02-18 11:04:14
Last edit:: 2019-04-12 18:02:33

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Dipsastraea pallida (Dana, 1846)

Info from AIMS:
Characters: Colonies are massive. Corallites are circular, closely compacted in shallow water, more widely spaced in deeper water. Septa are widely spaced and characteristically irregular. Paliform lobes are usually poorly developed.

Synonymised names:
Astraea (Fissicella) denticulata Dana, 1846 (synonym)
Astraea cellulosa Verrill, 1872 (synonym)
Astraea denticulata Dana, 1846 (synonym)
Astraea doreyensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) (synonym, previous combination)
Astraea ordinata Verrill, 1866 (synonym)
Favia amplior (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (synonym)
Favia denticulata (Dana, 1846) (synonym)
Favia doreyensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (synonym)
Favia laccadivica Gardiner, 1904 (synonym)
Favia okeni Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (synonym)
Favia pallida (Dana, 1846) (original combination, basionym)
Favia tubulifera Klunzinger, 1879 (synonym)
Goniastraea serrata Ortmann, 1889 (Synonymy)
Goniastrea serrata Ortmann, 1889 (synonym)
Heliastrea borradailei Gardiner, 1904 (synonym)
Parastrea amplior Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (synonym)
Parastrea verrilleana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (synonym)

External links

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

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