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Gyrosmilia interrupta Stony Coral

Gyrosmilia interrupta is commonly referred to as Stony 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.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien

Gyrosmilia interrupta. Tanzania. This species usually occurs as small colonies on reef slopes and in crevices. Photograph: Charlie Veron.


Courtesy of the author Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien . Please visit www.coralsoftheworld.org for more information.

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lexID:
2783 
AphiaID:
207496 
Scientific:
Gyrosmilia interrupta 
German:
Großpolypige Steinkoralle 
English:
Stony Coral 
Category:
Coralli duri LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Euphylliidae (Family) > Gyrosmilia (Genus) > interrupta (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Ehrenberg, ), 1834 
Occurrence:
Eritrea, Aldabra Group, Indian Ocean, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mozambique, Red Sea, Réunion , Saudi Arabia, South-Africa, Tansania, Western Indian Ocean 
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:
1 - 30 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Protected reefs, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 19.69" (50 cm) 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
44 gal (~ 200L)  
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
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:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-03-10 20:01:27 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Gyrosmilia interrupta (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834)

“From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”

Characters: Colonies are submassive humps or are laminar with free margins. They are commonly up to 0.5 metres across. Valleys are approximately 8 millimetres wide and tend to radiate and bifurcate towards the colony margins. Septa are uniformly spaced and exsert. They form a thin ridge along the walls and plunge steeply in valley centres. There are no columellae. Tentacles are extended only at night.

Colour: Distinctive uniform greenish grey-brown.

Habitat: Shallow reef environments protected from strong wave action.

Abundance: Usually uncommon.

Similar species: Ctenella chagius , Meandrina meandrites

Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic reference: Scheer and Pillai (1983). Additional identification guide: Sheppard and Sheppard (1991).

Synonymised names
Manicina interrupta Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

External links

  1. Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Gyrosmilia interrupta. Tanzania. This species usually occurs as small colonies on reef slopes and in crevices. Photograph: Charlie Veron.
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Gyrosmilia interrupta,kev's ledge Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique 2025 (CC-BY-SA)

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