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Favites valenciennesii Boulder star coral

Favites valenciennesii is commonly referred to as Boulder star coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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

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

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lexID:
4360 
AphiaID:
763525 
Scientific:
Favites valenciennesii 
German:
Großpolypige Steinkoralle 
English:
Boulder Star Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Favites (Genus) > valenciennesii (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Milne Edwards & Haime, ), 1849 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, Australia, Bunaken, Cambodia, Comores, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Fiji, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Réunion , Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Seychelles, Timor, Tonga, Tuvalu, USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Pacific Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 40 Meter 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
75.74 °F - 83.84 °F (24.3°C - 28.8°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:
Endangered (EN) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-09-13 17:52:31 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Info

“From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”
Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848

Characters: Colonies are submassive to encrusting, with angular corallites 8-15 millimetres diameter. ?Groove and tubercle? formations are well developed. Long and short septa strongly alternate, are thickened over walls and are uniformly toothed.

Colour: Usually green, brown or yellow with white septa and sometimes green oral discs.

Habitat: Most reef environments.

Abundance: Usually uncommon.

Similar species: Montastrea colemani

Synonyms:
Favia bertholleti Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Favia eridani Umbgrove, 1940 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Favia valenciennesi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Manicina valenciennesi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Montastraea valenciennesi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Montastrea valenciennesi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Parastrea bertholleti Valenciennes, ms · unaccepted > unavailable name (manuscript name)
Phymastraea aspera Quelch, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Phymastraea irregularis Duncan, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Phymastrea aspera Quelch, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Phymastrea profundior Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (?)
Phymastrea valenciennesi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > superseded combination (misspelling)
Phymastrea valenciennesii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

External links

  1. Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 13.09.2025.

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Montastrea valenciennesi. Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Common variation in corallite shape and colour. Photograph: Charlie Veron.
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