Dipsastraea lizardensis knobe coral

Dipsastraea lizardensisis commonly referred to as knobe 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:: 1769
AphiaID:: 758225

Scientific:: Dipsastraea lizardensis
German:: Hirnkoralle
English:: Knobe Coral

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Dipsastraea (Genus) > lizardensis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, ), 1977

Occurrence:: Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Red Sea, the Seychelles
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
Difficulty:: Average
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country))

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2005-12-17 20:14:56
Last edit:: 2019-09-09 16:26:41

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Dipsastraea lizardensis (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977)

Infos from AIMS:
Characters: Colonies are massive and are commonly over one metre across. Corallites are circular, and regularly spaced. Corallite walls are thick but have fine rims. Septa are uniformly thin and widely spaced, without paliform lobes. Costae are well developed.

Synonymised names
Favia lizardensis Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977 (original combination, basionym)

External links

Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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