Homophyllia bowerbanki Stony Coral

Homophyllia bowerbanki 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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lexID:: 2097
AphiaID:: 886931

Scientific:: Homophyllia bowerbanki
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Stony Coral

Category:: Coralli duri LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Homophyllia (Genus) > bowerbanki (Species)
Initial determination:: (Milne Edwards & Haime, ), 1857

Occurrence:: Australia, Bunaken, Cambodia, Fiji, Guam, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Johnston Atoll, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna
Sea depth:: 2 - 20 Meter
Size:: 3.94" - 15.75" (10cm - 40cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 78.8 °F (24°C - 26°C)
Food:: Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 33 gal (~ 150L)
Difficulty:: Mediamente facile
Offspring:: Easy to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

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

Red List:

Vulnerable (VU)

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2006-12-09 18:37:11
Last edit:: 2018-06-10 09:38:46

Captive breeding / propagation

Homophyllia bowerbanki is easy to breed. There are offspring in the trade available. If you are interested in Homophyllia bowerbanki, please contact us at Your dealer for a progeny instead of a wildcat. You help to protect the natural stocks.

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Milne Edwards, 1857

Synonym: Acanthastrea bowerbanki

Info from AIMS Website: Characters: Colonies are encrusting and usually small. Corallites are cerioid, with irregular angular shapes. A central corallite is usually conspicuous. Septa are compact and columellae are small. Colonies are not fleshy.
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Synonyms:
Acanthastraea angulosa Brüggemann, 1879
Acanthastrea angulosa Brüggemann, 1879
Acanthastrea bowerbanki Milne Edwards, 1857
Acanthastrea hillae Wells, 1955

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Homophyllia (Genus) > Homophyllia bowerbanki (Species)