Leptoria phrygia Stony Coral

Leptoria phrygia 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.

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Leptoria phrygia, Indonesia 2024

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lexID:: 1987
AphiaID:: 207477

Scientific:: Leptoria phrygia
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Stony Coral

Category:: Coralli duri LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Leptoria (Genus) > phrygia (Species)
Initial determination:: (Ellis & Solander, ), 1786

Occurrence:: Sudan, Kuwait, Eritrea, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, American Samoa, Australia, Bahrain, Cambodia, China, Comores, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Djibouti, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Naoero (Nauru), New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Quatar, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Cargados Carajos Shoals, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen, Zanzibar
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:: 15 - 25 Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°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:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2006-08-01 22:41:55
Last edit:: 2026-06-29 14:34:11

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

Its easy to keep in Reef Tanks. But its rar in european Reef Tanks.

Characters: Colonies are massive, submassive or ridged, with an even surface and dense skeleton. Corallite valleys are sinuous and uniform. Septa are uniformly spaced and are of equal size. Columellae are plate-like with a lobed upper margin and do not form centres.

Synonymised names
Leptoria gracilis (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptoria phrygia var. gracilis (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptoria tenuis (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora phrygia Ellis & Solander, 1786 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Maeandra (Platygyra) phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Maeandra gracilis (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandra tenuis (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandrina gracilis Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandrina phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Maeandrina tenuis Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Meandrina gracilis Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Meandrina phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Meandrina tenuis Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platygyra gracilis (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platygyra phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Direct children (1)
Variety Leptoria phrygia var. gracilis (Dana, 1846) accepted as Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

External links

Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 06.03.2021.
Korallenlaichen (en). Abgerufen am 19.02.2026.
Leptoria phrygia laicht (multi). Abgerufen am 11.02.2026.
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.

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Leptoria phrygia. Red Sea. Small massive cushion-shaped colonies formed by regrowth after partial mortality are common. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

Leptoria phrygia , Closed brain coral, (Bassin des Hirondelles- Étang-Salé), La Reunion 2015

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Chrysokoll
@Chrysokoll

am 13.11.06#1

Laut Veron gibt es noch eine Art namens L. irregularis.
Leptoria phrygia ist empfindlich was das eigene vernesselt werden betrifft (ist mir mal runtergefallen!). Sie bekämpft Algen, welche ihr auf dem Substrat im Weg sind, mit Mesenterialfilamente.
Die Kalkstruktur scheint mir (ich habe mal ein 'Skelett' erhalten) nicht sehr stabil zu sein. Was vieleicht das seltene Handeln dieser Art erklären würde. Den ich bezweifel, dass das zersägen großer Exemplare (wie z.B. bei Acanthastrea sp.) nur mit erheblicher Zerstörung der Kolonie einher gehen würde.
Bei hoher Beleuchtung ist rasches Wachtum feststellbar.

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