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Isopora cuneata Stony Coral

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

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lexID:
2291 
AphiaID:
730687 
Scientific:
Isopora cuneata 
German:
Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle 
English:
Stony Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals SPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Isopora (Genus) > cuneata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Dana, ), 1846 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Cambodia, Comores, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Réunion , Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
0 - 15 Meter 
Habitats:
Reef slopes, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
78.08 °F - 84.74 °F (25.6°C - 29.3°C) 
Food:
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:
Endangered (EN) 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-03-15 13:02:01 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Isopora cuneata (Dana, 1846)

Characters: Colonies are solid plates or short flattened branches, usually without axial corallites. Multiple axial corallites, if present, are on branch margins. Corallites are smooth, rounded and not very exsert.

Similar Species: Acropora palifera. See also A. crateriformis

Synonymised names
Acropora (Isopora) cuneata (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded rank
Acropora (Isopora) hispida (Brook, 1891) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora (Isopora) plicata (Brook, 1891) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora (Isopora) securis (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora cuneata (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acropora hispida (Brook, 1891) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora plicata (Brook, 1891) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora reclinata Nemenzo, 1967 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora securis (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Isopora hispida (Brook, 1891) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Isopora securis (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora (Isopora) cuneata Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora (Isopora) hispida Brook, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora (Isopora) plicata Brook, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora (Isopora) securis Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora cuneata Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Madrepora hispida Brook, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora incrustans Rehberg, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora plicata Brook, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora securis Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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