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Favites abdita Stony Coral, large star coral

Favites abditais commonly referred to as Stony Coral, large star coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Bernard Dupont, Frankreich

Honeycomb Coral (Favites abdita) , Muka, Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, INDONESIA 2009


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lexID:
4024 
AphiaID:
207449 
Scientific:
Favites abdita 
German:
Hirnkoralle 
English:
Stony Coral, Large Star Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Favites (Genus) > abdita (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Ellis & Solander, ), 1786 
Occurrence:
Djibouti, Eritrea, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Kuwait, Sudan, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Bahrain, Bunaken, Cambodia, China, Comores, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Irak, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Cargados Carajos Shoals, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen 
Sea depth:
0 - 47 Meter 
Size:
9.84" - 15.75" (25cm - 40cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 78.8 °F (24°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton, 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:
Near threatened (NT) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-03-03 23:00:42 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Favites abdita
(Ellis and Solander, 1786)

Characters: Colonies are massive, either rounded or hillocky and sometimes over one metre across. Corallites are rounded, with thick walls. Septa are straight, with exsert teeth.

Colour: Dark in turbid environments, otherwise pale brown with brown or green oral discs.

Habitat: Most reef environments.

Abundance: Common.

Synonyme:
Astraea (Favastraea) magnifica de Blainville, 1834
Astraea (Fissicella) abdita (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Astraea (Fissicella) fuscoviridis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Astraea (Fissicella) magnifica (de Blainville, 1834)
Astraea (Fissicella) magnifica Blainville, 1834
Astraea (Fissicella) robusta Dana, 1846
Astraea (Fissicella) virens Dana, 1846
Astraea fuscoviridis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Astraea magnifica de Blainville, 1834
Astraea robusta Dana, 1846
Astraea virens Dana, 1846
Favastrea magnifica (Blainville, 1834)
Favia abdita (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Favia hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Favites astrinus Link, 1807
Favites robusta (Dana, 1846)
Favites virens (Dana, 1846)
Goniastrea seychellensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
Madrepora abdita Ellis & Solander, 1786
Prionastraea abdita (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Prionastraea crassior Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Prionastraea fuscoviridis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Prionastraea gibbosa Klunzinger, 1879
Prionastraea magnifica (de Blainville, 1834)
Prionastraea obtusata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Prionastraea profundicella Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Prionastraea quoyi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Prionastraea robusta (Dana, 1846)
Prionastraea seychellensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Prionastraea sulfurea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857

Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic references: Wijsman-Best (1972), Veron, Pichon and Wijsman-Best (1977). Additional identification guides: Veron (1986), Sheppard and Sheppard (1991), Nishihira and Veron (1995).

External links

  1. Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Honeycomb Coral (Favites abdita) , Muka, Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, INDONESIA 2009
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Copyright Dr.Gerry R. Allen, Foto Papua-Neuguinea, “From J.E.N. Charlie Veron, Corals of the World.”
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Favites abdita. Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Common variation in corallite shape and colour. Photograph: Charlie Veron
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