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Goniopora tenella Goniopora tenella

Goniopora tenellais commonly referred to as Goniopora tenella. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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

Goniopora tenella. Papua New Guinea. An encrusting colony. Photograph: Charlie Veron.


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

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lexID:
4033 
AphiaID:
207213 
Scientific:
Goniopora tenella 
German:
Margeritenkoralle 
English:
Goniopora Tenella 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Poritidae (Family) > Goniopora (Genus) > tenella (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Quelch, ), 1886 
Occurrence:
Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea, (the) Maldives, Africa, Arabian Sea, Arabian Sea, Australia, Egypt, Fiji, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Java, Jordan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Micronesia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Yemen 
Sea depth:
3 - 30 Meter 
Size:
9.84" - 19.69" (25cm - 50cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Dustfood , Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
44 gal (~ 200L)  
Difficulty:
Not for beginners 
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
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-06-20 12:49:15 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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

Description: Colonies are encrusting or explanate plates. Corallites are shallow and have thin walls. Septa are numerous and even. Corallites are 5-7 millimetres diameter. Polyps are short, without tubular trunks.
Color: Brown, grey or mottled.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Rare.
Similar Species: Goniopora somaliensis, which has smaller corallites and a distinctive colouration.

External links

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Goniopora tenella. Papua New Guinea. An encrusting colony. Photograph: Charlie Veron.
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