Alveopora daedalea Stony Coral, Flowerpot Coral, Daisy Coral

Alveopora daedaleais commonly referred to as Stony Coral, Flowerpot Coral, Daisy Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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

“From J.E.N. Charlie Veron, Corals of the World.”, Foto Calamian Islands, Phlippinen

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

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AphiaID:: 207200

Scientific:: Alveopora daedalea
German:: Margeritenkoralle
English:: Stony Coral, Flowerpot Coral, Daisy Coral

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Alveopora (Genus) > daedalea (Species)
Initial determination:: (Forskål, ), 1775

Occurrence:: Djibouti, Sudan, Eritrea, Australia, Comores, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Eastern Indian Ocean, Egypt, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Aden, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Komodo (Komodo Island), Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Northern Territory (Australia), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Somalia, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen, Zanzibar
Sea depth:: 3 - 30 Meter
Size:: up to 39.37" (100 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 78.8 °F (24°C - 26°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:

Vulnerable (VU)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Alveopora daedalea
Margeritenkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-02-07 18:17:16
Last edit:: 2020-12-05 14:18:00

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Alveopora daedalea
(Forskal, 1775)

Characters: Colonies are encrusting, thick plates, or columnar. They have a smooth surface and may be large, with columns up to one metre high. Corallites have alternating long and short fine septal spines. Tips of polyp tentacles are truncated giving a squared appearance. Sometimes six large tentacles alternate with six small tentacles.

Colour: Uniform pale or dark brown.

Habitat: Protected upper reef slopes.

Abundance: Relatively common in the western Indian Ocean.

Similar species: Alveopora spongiosa

Synonym:
Madrepora daedalea Forskål, 1775

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Alveopora (Genus) > Alveopora daedalea (Species)

Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic reference: Scheer and Pillai (1983).

External links

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

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Commonly

“From J.E.N. Charlie Veron, Corals of the World.”, Foto Calamian Islands, Phlippinen

Alveopora daedalea (Info) Seychelle Islands. Polyp detail. Photograph: Charlie Veron “From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”

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