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Isopora crateriformis Isopora crateriformis

Isopora crateriformis is commonly referred to as Isopora crateriformis. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 250 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Acropüora crateriformis (c) by “From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”


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

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lexID:
4025 
AphiaID:
730691 
Scientific:
Isopora crateriformis 
German:
Kraterförmige Steinkoralle, Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle 
English:
Isopora Crateriformis 
Category:
Stony Corals SPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Isopora (Genus) > crateriformis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gardiner, ), 1898 
Occurrence:
American Samoa, Australia, Cambodia, Comores, East Africa, Fiji, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Réunion , Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Vietnam, 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 - 48 Meter 
Habitats:
Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water, Surf zones 
Size:
9.84" - 39.37" (25cm - 100cm) 
Temperature:
79.7 °F - 84.2 °F (26.5°C - 29°C) 
Food:
Dustfood , Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
54.99 gal (~ 250L)  
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 12:58:28 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Characters: Colonies are solid encrusting plates sometimes over one metre diameter. Plates are covered by corallites of irregular sizes and shapes, sometimes with a tendency to form short branchlets. Axial, incipient axial and radial corallites all intergrade and all corallites are smooth and rounded.

Colour: Pale brown, commonly with pink or blue margins.

Habitat: Shallow reef environments, especially reef flats exposed to strong wave action.

Abundance: Common in Indonesia.

Similar species: Acropora cuneata , Acropora minuta

Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic references: Wallace and Wolstenholme (1998), Wallace (1999).

Synonymised names
Acropora (Isopora) crateriformis (Gardiner, 1898) · unaccepted > superseded rank
Acropora crateriformis (Gardiner, 1898) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora crateriformis Gardiner, 1898 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

External links

  1. Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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