Goniastrea stelligera knob coral

Goniastrea stelligera is commonly referred to as knob 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 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien

Favia stelligera. Red Sea. An encrusting 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:: 3590
AphiaID:: 763067

Scientific:: Goniastrea stelligera
German:: Hirnkoralle
English:: Knob Coral

Category:: Koralowce twarde LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Goniastrea (Genus) > stelligera (Species)
Initial determination:: (Dana, ), 1846

Occurrence:: Eritrea, Sudan, Hong Kong, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Kuwait, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Bahrain, Bakers Island, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Howland Island, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indo-Pacific coral triangle, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Line Islands, Macau, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paracel-Islands, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Quatar, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, South-Pazific, Spratly Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen
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
Habitats:: Coral reefs, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
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:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2011-03-21 11:10:35
Last edit:: 2026-03-28 11:10:21

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Goniastrea stelligera (Dana, 1846)

Characters: Colonies are spherical, columnar, hillocky or flat and may be several metres across. Corallites are evenly distributed and conical, with thick walls and small openings. Costae are equal and well developed. Those of adjacent corallites do not join. A crown of paliform lobes is usually clearly visible.

Colour: Uniform brown or green.

Habitat: Shallow reef environments where water movement is strong.<

Abundance: Common.

Similar species: Montastrea salebrosa , Plesiastrea versipora

Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic references: Wijsman-Best (1972), Veron, Pichon and Wijsman-Best (1977). Additional identification guides: Randall and Myers (1983), Veron (1986), Sheppard and Sheppard (1991), Nishihira and Veron (1995).

Synonymised names:
Astraea lobata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (synonym)
Dipsastraea stelligera (Dana, 1846) (previous combination)
Favia acropora (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym ?)
Favia hombroni (Rousseau, 1854) (synonym)
Favia lobata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (synonym)
Favia pseudostelligera Hoffmeister, 1932 (synonym)
Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846) (previous combination)
Favia stelligera var. fanningensis Vaughan, 1918 (synonym)
Goniastrea hombroni (Rosseau, 1854) (synonym)
Heliastrea orion (Dana, 1846) (synonym)
Madrepora acropora Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym ?)
Orbicella orion Dana, 1846 (synonym)
Orbicella stelligera Dana, 1846 (original combination, basionym)
Parastrea hombroni Rouseau, 1854 (synonym)
Parastrea lobata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (synonym)
Plesiastrea armata Verrill, 1872 (synonym)
Plesiastrea carli Nemenzo, 1979 (Synonymy)

External links

Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 28.03.2026.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 28.03.2026.

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Favia stelligera. Red Sea. An encrusting colony. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

Goniastrea stelligera, Marshall Islands 2024 (CC BY-NC 4.0)

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