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Goniastrea minuta Goniastrea minuta

Goniastrea minuta is commonly referred to as Goniastrea minuta. Difficulty in the aquarium: средний. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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

Goniastrea minuta. Papua New Guinea. Corallites are superficially Porites-like. 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:
3235 
AphiaID:
288027 
Scientific:
Goniastrea minuta 
German:
Großpolypige Steinkoralle 
English:
Goniastrea Minuta 
Category:
Крупнополипные Жёсткие Кораллы 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Goniastrea (Genus) > minuta (Species) 
Initial determination:
Veron, 2000 
Occurrence:
American Samoa, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Comores, Fiji, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indo-Pacific coral triangle, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Paracel-Islands, Philippines, Pulisan, Réunion , Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Spratly Islands, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Cargados Carajos Shoals, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Timor, Vietnam 
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:
81.5 °F - 84.38 °F (27.5°C - 29.1°C) 
Food:
Dustfood , Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
44 gal (~ 200L)  
Difficulty:
средний 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-03-27 20:25:20 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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“From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”

Goniastrea minuta
Veron, 2000

Characters: Colonies are usually encrusting, becoming submassive. Corallites are angular, with a uniform appearance. Walls are usually thin. Long and short septa strongly alternate. Paliform lobes are well developed, forming a neat crown.

Colour: Uniform pale brown or greenish-brown. Wall tops are pale.

Habitat: Shallow reef environments.

Abundance: Uncommon.

Similar species: Goniastrea retiformis

Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic reference: Veron (2002).

External links

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

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Goniastrea minuta. Papua New Guinea. Corallites are superficially Porites-like. Photograph: Charlie Veron.
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