Cyphastrea japonica Lesser Knob Coral

Cyphastrea japonica is commonly referred to as Lesser Knob Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Mediamente facile. A aquarium size of at least 250 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:: 2083
AphiaID:: 288922

Scientific:: Cyphastrea japonica
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Lesser Knob Coral

Category:: Coralli duri LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Cyphastrea (Genus) > japonica (Species)
Initial determination:: Yabe & Sugiyama, 1932

Occurrence:: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Banda Sea, Bunaken, Cebu ((Philippines), Celebes Sea, China, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor, Vietnam
Size:: up to 7.87" (20 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C)
Food:: Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 54.99 gal (~ 250L)
Difficulty:: Mediamente facile

CITES:

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

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2006-11-17 22:02:02
Last edit:: 2007-05-09 00:27:31

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its easy to keep under middle Light.
Infos from AIMS Website:
Characters: Colonies are submassive or encrusting, with an irregular surface. Corallites are small and often crowded. Septa are in two unequal orders of 12 each, the first being exsert and irregularly toothed. Coenosteum spinules are prominent. ‘Groove and tubercle’ formations are often present. Fore more Infos and Picutres blick to aims website.

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