Physogyra lichtensteini Bubble coral

Physogyra lichtensteini is commonly referred to as Bubble coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Middels. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Nick Chapman, Chaloklum Diving – Koh Phangan –, Thailand

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Scientific:: Physogyra lichtensteini
German:: Lichtensteins Blasenkoralle
English:: Bubble Coral

Category:: LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Scleractinia incertae sedis (Family) > Physogyra (Genus) > lichtensteini (Species)
Initial determination:: (Milne Edwards & Haime, ), 1851

Occurrence:: Sudan, Eritrea, (the) Maldives, Africa, Australia, Egypt, Fiji, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tansania, Thailand, the Seychelles, Vanuatu, Yemen
Sea depth:: 0 - 40 Meter
Size:: 3.94" - 31.5" (10cm - 80cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Lobster eggs, Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
Difficulty:: Middels
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

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

Red List:

Vulnerable (VU)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Physogyra lichtensteini
Lichtensteins Blasenkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-09-11 15:22:13
Last edit:: 2017-01-06 20:23:41

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Info

Description: Colonies are massive or form thick plates. They are meandroid with short, widely separated valleys interconnected with light blistery coenosteum. Septa are large, solid, smooth edged, exsert and widely spaced. Walls are solid. Columellae are absent. Tentacles are extended only at night. During the day the whole colony surface is covered with a mass of vesicles the size of small grapes and are grape-like or bifurcated in shape. These retract when disturbed.
Color: Pale grey, sometimes dull green.
Habitat: Turbid reef environments.
Abundance: Common in protected habitats such as crevices and overhangs, especially in turbid water with tidal currents.
Similar Species: Plerogyra sinuosa.

Synonmys:
Physogyra aperta Quelch, 1884
Plerogyra lichtensteini Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Scleractinia incertae sedis (Family) > Physogyra (Genus) > Physogyra lichtensteini (Species)

External links

Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Bubble Coral (Physogyra lichtensteini) with extended tentacles, Nudi Falls, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, INDONESIA 2009

Physogyra lichtensteini, Copyright Henning Wiese

Husbandry know-how of owners

BenKimmich
@BenKimmich

am 16.10.10#2

Diese Koralle kann im AQ mindestens 60cm (Skelettbreite) gross werden.

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Gruss Ben Mitglied im VMN

Roberto Rödel
@Roberto Rödel

am 23.01.08#1

Diese Koralle gehört mit zu den ältesten Bewohnern meines Beckens und hat bisher alle Höhen und Tiefen bei mir überlebt. Gerade die anfänglichen Fehler, die wohl bei fast jedem auftreten hat sie sehr gut verkraftet. Daher würde ich sie sogar als Anfängertier einstufen. Jedoch sollte unbedingt bedacht werden, daß sie in der Lage ist sehr lange Kampftentakeln auszufahren. Bei mir werden diese mitunter über 20 cm lang. Ein wenig zusätzliche Fütterung mit Schrimpsstückchen nimmt sie sehr gern.

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