Goniopora tantillus Goniopora tantillus

Goniopora tantillus is commonly referred to as Goniopora tantillus. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Prof. Dr. Michel R. Claereboudt, Oman

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Courtesy of the author Prof. Dr. Michel R. Claereboudt, Oman

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AphiaID:: 764222

Scientific:: Goniopora tantillus
German:: Margeritenkoralle
English:: Goniopora Tantillus

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Poritidae (Family) > Goniopora (Genus) > tantillus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Claereboudt & Al Amri, ), 2004

Occurrence:: Arabian Sea, Endemic species, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Western Indian Ocean
Sea depth:: 4 - 22 Meter
Size:: 1.18" - 1.57" (3cm - 4cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, CO2, Dissolved organic substances, Zooxanthellae / Light
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:

Data deficient (DD)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-09-20 08:25:31
Last edit:: 2017-09-20 10:27:07

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Claereboudt & Al Amri†, 2004

Very special thanks for his photo of "Calathiscus tantillus" from the Gulf of Oman to Dr. Dr. Michel R. Claereboudt.
This corals was renamed twice, from "Calathiscus tantillus" to "Machadoporites tantillus" (Nemésio, 2005) and finally to "Goniopora tantillus" (Benzoni, Arrigoni, Shirayama, Wallace, Fukami, 2014).

Goniopora tantillus is a small coral, that appears endemic in the Gulf of Oman and around Masirah Island, east coast of Oman / Arabian sea.

Colour: green

Habitat: Reef habitats.

Abundance: Mostly uncommon.

External links

Calathiscus tantillus, a new genus and new species of scleractinian coral (Scleractinia, Poritidae) from the Gulf of Oman (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Erstbeschreibung von Calathiscus tantillus (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Umbenennung auf Goniopora tantillus durch Drs.Benzoni, Arrigoni, Shirayama, Wallace und Fukami (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Umbenennung auf Machadoporites tantillus druch Dr. André Nemésio (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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