Favia gravida knob coral

Favia gravidais commonly referred to as knob coral. 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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lexID:: 8067
AphiaID:: 288071

Scientific:: Favia gravida
German:: Hirnkoralle
English:: Knob Coral

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Faviidae (Family) > Favia (Genus) > gravida (Species)
Initial determination:: Verrill, 1868

Occurrence:: Ghana, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Brazil, Mexico (East Pacific), Mozambique, The Gulf of Guinea
Sea depth:: 0 - 21 Meter
Size:: up to 7.87" (20 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooplankton, 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:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-02-28 20:05:32
Last edit:: 2020-10-23 14:27:32

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Favia gravida Verrill, 1868

Very special thanks for the first photo of Favia gravida to Lucas Rocha, his photo was taken in Bahia, Brasil.

The second photo comes from Thelma Dias, she took the photo in the Parque Estadual Marinho de Areia Vermelha, Cabedelo, Brasil.

Different colour versions are known.

Synonymised names:
Coeloria ascensionis (Ridley, 1881) (Synonymy)
Favia conferta Verrill, 1868 (synonym)
Maeandra conferta (Verrill, 1868) (previous combination, synonym)
Platygyra ascensionis Ridley, 1881 (synonymy)

External links

Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Flickr (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Larven der südatlantischen Koralle Favia gravida sind tolerant gegenüber Salzgehalt und Nährstoffkonzentrationen in Verbindung mit Flusseinleitungen (en). Abgerufen am 04.12.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Copyright Pedro Milet Meirelles, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Copyright Thelma Diaz,, Foto Parque Estadual Marinho de Areia Vermelha, Cabedelo , Braslien

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