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Pseudosiderastrea tayami Pseudosiderastrea tayami

Pseudosiderastrea tayami is commonly referred to as Pseudosiderastrea tayami. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
4146 
AphiaID:
0 
Scientific:
Pseudosiderastrea tayami 
German:
Grosspolypige Steinkoralle 
English:
Pseudosiderastrea Tayami 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Pseudosiderastrea (Genus) > tayami (Species) 
Occurrence:
Australia, Cambodia, China, Comores, Egypt, Fiji, Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, the Seychelles, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam 
Sea depth:
0 - 20 Meter 
Size:
up to 6.3" (16 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
65.99 gal (~ 300L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Red List:
Near threatened (NT) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2012-02-18 23:05:25 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Info

“From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”
"Description: Colonies are encrusting to slightly dome-shaped and up to 160 millimetres across. Corallites are cerioid, polygonal and 3-6 millimetres diameter. Septa are evenly spaced and usually fuse with each other in fan-like groups. They have fine, saw-like teeth.
Columellae consist of one to four pinnules.
Color: Pale grey with distinctive white corallite walls. Uniform brown in the western Indian Ocean.
Habitat: Very shallow water, attached to bare rock.
Abundance: Uncommon and cryptic.
Similar Species: onies are encrusting to slightly dome-shaped and up to 160 millimetres across. Corallites are cerioid, polygonal and 3-6 millimetres diameter. Septa are evenly spaced and usually fuse with each other in fan-like groups. They have fine, saw-like teeth. Columellae consist of one to four pinnules."

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