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Montipora verrucosa Rice coral

Montipora verrucosais commonly referred to as Rice coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
588 
AphiaID:
207146 
Scientific:
Montipora verrucosa 
German:
Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle 
English:
Rice Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals SPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Montipora (Genus) > verrucosa (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lamarck, ), 1816 
Occurrence:
Eritrea, Kuwait, Sudan, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Australia, Bahrain, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Chile, Comores, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Japan, Johnston Atoll, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Okinawa, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Quatar, Red Sea, Réunion , Rodriguez, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, the Cargados Carajos Shoals, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Timor, Togean Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake Atoll, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean, 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:
1 - 30 Meter 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 84.2 °F (24°C - 29°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
44 gal (~ 200L)  
Difficulty:
Only for advanced aquarists 
Offspring:
Easy 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:
 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2018-10-06 17:35:13 

Captive breeding / propagation

Montipora verrucosa is easy to breed. There are offspring in the trade available. If you are interested in Montipora verrucosa, please contact us at Your dealer for a progeny instead of a wildcat. You help to protect the natural stocks.

Info

Infos from AIMS:

Characters: Colonies are submassive, form columns, or are laminar. The surface is uniformly covered with large rounded verrucae. Corallites are immersed between the verrucae. Colour: Blue or brown, uniform or mottled. Bright blue (which may photograph purple) or green tentacles are sometimes extended during the day. Similar species: Montipora danae, which has smaller, less regular verrucae and smaller corallites.

For more Infos click here to AIMS:

Scientific paper

  1. The effects of short-term exposures to ultraviolet radiation in the Hawaiian Coral Montipora verrucosa, Jill H. Torregiani; Michael P. Lesser, 2007
  2. Lipids and stable carbon isotopes in two species of Hawaiian corals,Porites compressaandMontipora verrucosa, following a bleaching event, A. G. Grottoli; L. J. Rodrigues; C. Juarez, 2004
  3. Estrone and estradiol-17β concentration in tissue of the scleractinian coral, Montipora verrucosa, Ann M. Tarrant; Shannon Atkinson; M.J. Atkinson, 1999
  4. Effects of ambient levels of solar ultraviolet radiation on zooxanthellae and photosynthesis of the reef coralMontipora verrucosa, R. A. Kinzie, 1993
  5. Effect of light quality on photosynthesis of the reef coralMontipora verrucosa, R. A. Kinzie; T. Hunter, 1987
  6. Cell architecture of the dinoflagellateSymbiodiniumsp. inhabiting the Hawaiian stony coralMontipora verrucosa, R. J. Blank, 1987
  7. Synergistic effects of temperature, salinity and light on the hermatypic coralMontipora verrucosa, S. L. Coles; P. L. Jokiel, 1978

External links

  1. Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 06.10.2023.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 06.10.2023.
  3. SeaLifeBase (en). Abgerufen am 06.10.2023.

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Husbandry know-how of owners

12R-Chris
@12R-Chris

am 07.04.11#2
Die Ähnlichkeit zur Danae finde ich persönlich nicht gegeben, vorausgesetzt man hat eine echte Danae, denn da gibt es einiges an Kuddelmuddel und Verwechslungen 8)

Diese Verrucosa wächst wirklich sehr langsam im Vergleich zu anderen flachwachsenden Montis. Ansonsten sehr robust und sehr schön.
olivier
@olivier

am 23.12.07#1
Ich pflege auch solch eine Koralle. Ich finde Sie sieht sehr ähnlich aus wie die danae oder ist Sie sogar. Wenn genügend Licht vorhanden ist und das Wasser Nährstoffarm, zeigen sich die mint farbenen Polypen sehr schön. Die Platzierung ist ca. 15 cm unter der Wasseroberfläche mit einer indirekten mittleren Strömung. Das Wachstum ist langsam ca. 0.5cm 1-2 Monate.
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