Favites chinensis Stony coral

Favites chinensis is commonly referred to as Stony coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:: 1774
AphiaID:: 207451

Scientific:: Favites chinensis
German:: Hirnkoralle
English:: Stony Coral

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Favites (Genus) > chinensis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Verrill, ), 1866

Occurrence:: Indo Pacific
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Lobster eggs, Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
Difficulty:: Average

CITES:

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

Related species at Catalog of Life:

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2005-12-18 18:19:17
Last edit:: 2007-05-09 00:49:03

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Infos from AIMS:
Characters: Colonies are massive and rounded. Corallites are shallow, angular to subplocoid, with thin walls. Septa are straight and even. Those of adjacent corallites are aligned across the wall. There are no paliform lobes.
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