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Lobophyllia dentata stony coral

Lobophyllia dentata is commonly referred to as stony coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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

Lobophyllia dentatus. Papua New Guinea. Colonies are commonly large and are usually hemispherical. 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:
4384 
AphiaID:
763791 
Scientific:
Lobophyllia dentata 
German:
Steinkoralle 
English:
Stony Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Lobophyllia (Genus) > dentata (Species) 
Initial determination:
Veron, 2000 
Occurrence:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Banda Sea, Bunaken, Celebes Sea, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Java, Malaysia, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Thailand, Timor, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Pacific 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:
0 - 30 Meter 
Size:
up to 78.74" (200 cm) 
Temperature:
82.94 °F - 84.74 °F (28.3°C - 29.3°C) 
Food:
Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton 
Tank:
109.99 gal (~ 500L)  
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:
Vulnerable (VU) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-05-05 10:29:24 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Lobophyllia dentata are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Lobophyllia dentata, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Lobophyllia dentata, 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.”
Veron, 2000

Characters: Colonies are flat to hemispherical and up to 2 metres across. They have tusk-like, elongate, closely compacted monocentric corallites. Individual corallites unite only at the base of the colony. Primary septa are very exsert, with long teeth. The exsert primary septa have a spoke-like appearance underwater.

Colour: Uniform grey.

Habitat: Upper reef slopes and lagoons.

Abundance: Uncommon.

Similar species: Lobophyllia corymbosa , Lobophyllia corymbosa , Lobophyllia hemprichii

Synonymised names
Lobophyllia dentatus Veron, 2000 · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet

External links

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

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Lobophyllia dentatus. Papua New Guinea. Colonies are commonly large and are usually hemispherical. Photograph: Charlie Veron.
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