Hydnophora microconos Spine Coral

Hydnophora microconos is commonly referred to as Spine Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Vaikeahko. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

1622 

AphiaID:

207402 

Scientific:

Hydnophora microconos 

German:

Dornenkoralle, Großpolypige Steinkoralle 

English:

Spine Coral 

Category:

Kivikorallit LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Hydnophora (Genus) > microconos (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

Eritrea, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Sudan, Kuwait, (the) Maldives, Australia, Bahrain, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Djibouti, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Japan, Johnston Atoll, Jordan, Kenya, Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Komodo (Komodo Island), Madagascar, Madeira, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Palmyra Atoll, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, 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:

0 - 40 Meter 

Habitats:

Lagoons, Protected 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:

33 gal (~ 150L)  

Difficulty:

Vaikeahko 

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:

• 
  Hydnophora bonsai
  Bonsai Koralle, Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Hydnophora exesa
  Pickelkoralle
• 
  Hydnophora grandis
  Steinkoralle
• 
  Hydnophora microconos
  Dornenkoralle, Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Hydnophora pilosa
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Hydnophora rigida
  Stachelkoralle, Großpolypige Steinkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-10-03 14:09:24 

Last edit:

2026-07-08 20:12:21 

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