Leptoria phrygia Stony Coral

Leptoria phrygia is commonly referred to as Stony Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien

Leptoria phrygia. Red Sea. Small massive cushion-shaped colonies formed by regrowth after partial mortality are common. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

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

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lexID:: 1987
AphiaID:: 207477

Scientific:: Leptoria phrygia
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Stony Coral

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Leptoria (Genus) > phrygia (Species)
Initial determination:: (Ellis & Solander, ), 1786

Occurrence:: Kuwait, Djibouti, Sudan, Eritrea, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, American Samoa, Australia, Bahrain, Cambodia, China, Comores, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Quatar, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Cargados Carajos Shoals, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen, Zanzibar
Sea depth:: 15 - 25 Meter
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 33 gal (~ 150L)
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:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2006-08-01 22:41:55
Last edit:: 2021-03-06 09:45:02

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Its easy to keep in Reef Tanks. But its rar in european Reef Tanks.

Characters: Colonies are massive, submassive or ridged, with an even surface and dense skeleton. Corallite valleys are sinuous and uniform. Septa are uniformly spaced and are of equal size. Columellae are plate-like with a lobed upper margin and do not form centres.

Synonyms:
Leptoria gracilis (Dana, 1846)
Leptoria tenuis (Dana, 1846)
Madrepora phrygia Ellis & Solander, 1786
Maeandra (Platygyra) phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Maeandrina gracilis Dana, 1846
Maeandrina phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Maeandrina tenuis Dana, 1846
Meandrina gracilis Dana, 1846
Meandrina phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Meandrina tenuis Dana, 1846
Platygyra gracilis (Dana, 1846)
Platygyra phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

External links

Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 06.03.2021.
Flickr, Jean-Marie Gardot (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 06.03.2021.
MarinelifePhotography Keoki Stender (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Leptoria phrygia. Red Sea. Small massive cushion-shaped colonies formed by regrowth after partial mortality are common. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

Leptoria phrygia , Closed brain coral, (Bassin des Hirondelles- Étang-Salé), La Reunion 2015

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Chrysokoll
@Chrysokoll

am 13.11.06#1

Laut Veron gibt es noch eine Art namens L. irregularis.
Leptoria phrygia ist empfindlich was das eigene vernesselt werden betrifft (ist mir mal runtergefallen!). Sie bekämpft Algen, welche ihr auf dem Substrat im Weg sind, mit Mesenterialfilamente.
Die Kalkstruktur scheint mir (ich habe mal ein 'Skelett' erhalten) nicht sehr stabil zu sein. Was vieleicht das seltene Handeln dieser Art erklären würde. Den ich bezweifel, dass das zersägen großer Exemplare (wie z.B. bei Acanthastrea sp.) nur mit erheblicher Zerstörung der Kolonie einher gehen würde.
Bei hoher Beleuchtung ist rasches Wachtum feststellbar.

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