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Goniopora palmensis Stoney Coral

Goniopora palmensis is commonly referred to as Stoney Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
2095 
AphiaID:
288274 
Scientific:
Goniopora palmensis 
German:
Margeritenkoralle 
English:
Stoney Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Poritidae (Family) > Goniopora (Genus) > palmensis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Veron & Pichon, 1982 
Occurrence:
Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi 
Sea depth:
1 - 20 Meter 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Dustfood , Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
44 gal (~ 200L)  
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:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-06-19 20:58:58 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Goniopora palmensis
Veron and Pichon, 1982

Characters: Colonies are submassive or branching. Branches seldom fuse. Corallites are uniform, and circular in outline. Polyps have large oral cones and short pointed tentacles.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Poritidae (Family) > Goniopora (Genus)

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