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Paramontastraea peresi Stony Coral

Paramontastraea peresi is commonly referred to as Stony Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Normaal. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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

Goniastrea peresi. Red Sea. A small massive helmet-shaped colony. 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:
2739 
AphiaID:
762398 
Scientific:
Paramontastraea peresi 
German:
Pérès Paramontastraea , Großpolypige Steinkoralle 
English:
Stony Coral 
Category:
Steenkoralen LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Paramontastraea (Genus) > peresi (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Faure & Pichon, ), 1978 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Mozambique, Red Sea, Réunion , South-Africa, Tansania, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands) 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Dustfood , Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
44 gal (~ 200L)  
Difficulty:
Normaal 
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)  
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-03-10 20:12:01 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Paramontastraea peresi (Faure and Pichon, 1978)

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

Characters: Colonies are encrusting and helmet-shaped, with neatly scalloped lower margins. Corallites are angular and characteristically aligned in short shallow radiating valleys at the colony margin. Septa are strongly beaded. A small neat paliform crown is usually present. Budding is both intra- and extratentacular.

Colour: Pinkish-tan.

Habitat: Shallow reef environments.

Abundance: Common.

Similar species: Favites abdita , Goniastrea aspera , Goniastrea palauensis

Taxonomic note: Previous authors have placed this species in Favites. Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic reference: Scheer and Pillai (1983, as Favites peresi). Additional identification guide: Sheppard and Sheppard (1991), Coles (1996), (both as Favites peresi).

Synonymised names
Favites peresi Faure & Pichon, 1978 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Goniastrea peresi (Faure & Pichon, 1978) · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

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

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