Meandrina meandrites Tan Brain Coral, Meandrine Brain Coral, Maze Coral, Fungus Coral

Meandrina meandrites is commonly referred to as Tan Brain Coral, Meandrine Brain Coral, Maze Coral, Fungus Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 240 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Maze Coral, Meandrina meandrites, Eel Garden 2022

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lexID:: 4437
AphiaID:: 289232

Scientific:: Meandrina meandrites
German:: Mäanderkoralle, Labyrinthkoralle
English:: Tan Brain Coral, Meandrine Brain Coral, Maze Coral, Fungus Coral

Category:: Крупнополипные Жёсткие Кораллы

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Meandrinidae (Family) > Meandrina (Genus) > meandrites (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1758

Occurrence:: Barbados, Guadeloupe, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Venezuela, West-Atlantic 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:: 0,5 - 80 Meter
Habitats:: Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 13.78" (35 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C)
Food:: Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 52.79 gal (~ 240L)
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country))

Red List:

Critically endangered (CR)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Meandrina meandrites
Mäanderkoralle, Labyrinthkoralle

More related species in this lexicon:

Meandrina danai
großpolypige Steinkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-06-27 14:43:27
Last edit:: 2026-03-25 19:58:31

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Characters: Colonies are submassive and meandroid, often forming thick plates. They are rarely columnar. Valleys radiate from the original point of growth and divide at regular intervals maintaining a constant width. Septo-costae of adjacent valleys are seldom joined at the top of valley walls and are evenly spaced. Orders alternate at the colony periphery and sometimes elsewhere.

Colour: Grey or pale brown.

Habitat: Most reef environments.

Abundance: Usually uncommon but conspicuous.

Taxonomic note: The validity of Meandrina braziliensis as distinct from M. meandrites may be artificial. Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic references: Roos (1971), Zlatarski and Estalella (1982), Cairns (1982). Additional identification guides: Colin (1978), Humann (1993).

Synonymised names
Brachymaeandrina pachychila (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coeloria arabica var. leptochila (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coeloria labyrinthica (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coeloria pachychila (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ctenophyllia maeandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ctenophyllia meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ctenophyllia pachyphylla (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ctenophyllia pectinata (Lamarck, 1801) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ctenophyllia profunda Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ctenophyllia quadrata Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goreaugyra memorialis Wells, 1973 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hydnophora microconos var. leptochila (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora labyrinthica Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora meandrites Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Maeandra (Platygyra) labyrinthica var. leptochila Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandra (Platygyra) labyrinthica var. pachychila Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandra maeandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination (misspelling)
Maeandra pachychila Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandrina labyrinthica (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandrina labyrinthica pachychila Ehrenberg, 1834 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Manicina maeandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Manicina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Manicina pachyphylla Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Manicina pectinata (Lamarck, 1801) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Meandra labyrinthiformis Oken, 1815 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Meandrina labyrinthica (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Meandrina maeandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Meandrina meandrites f. meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Meandrina meandrites f. memorialis (Wells, 1973) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Meandrina meandrites meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Meandrina meandrites meandrites f. memoriales (Wells, 1973) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Meandrina meandrites meandrites f. typica Zlatarski, 1982 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Meandrina memorialis (Wells, 1973) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Meandrina pectinata Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pectinia caribaea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Pectinia cariboea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pectinia disticha Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pectinia elegans Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pectinia maeandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination (misspelling)
Pectinia meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pectinia pachyphylla (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pectinia pectinata (Lamarck, 1801) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pectinia profunda (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pectinia quadrata (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pectinia sebae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platygyra labyrinthica var. pachychila (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (8)
Subspecies Meandrina meandrites brasiliensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Meandrina brasiliensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Forma Meandrina meandrites f. brasiliensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Meandrina brasiliensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Forma Meandrina meandrites f. danae (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Meandrina danai (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Forma Meandrina meandrites f. danai (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Meandrina danai (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Forma Meandrina meandrites f. meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Forma Meandrina meandrites f. memorialis (Wells, 1973) accepted as Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
Forma Meandrina meandrites f. typica Zlatarski & Martinez-Estallela, 1982 accepted as Meandrina jacksoni Weil & Pinzón, 2011 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subspecies Meandrina meandrites meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

External links

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

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Copyright Wolfram Sander, Maria La Gorda,Cuba

Meandrina meandrites. Caribbean. Surface of a submassive colony. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

Maze Coral, Meandrina meandrites, Eel Garden, 2022

roa10722,Maze Coral, Meandrina meandrites, Wrasse Hole,2022

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