Eusmilia fastigiata Smooth Flower Coral

Eusmilia fastigiata is commonly referred to as Smooth Flower Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: moyen. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Smooth Flower Coral, Eusmilia fastigiata, Stragglers Rocks,U.S. Virgin Islands 2023

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Scientific:: Eusmilia fastigiata
German:: Glatte Flower Koralle, Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Smooth Flower Coral

Category:: Coraux durs LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Meandrinidae (Family) > Eusmilia (Genus) > fastigiata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Pallas, ), 1766

Occurrence:: Barbados, Guadeloupe, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S.
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 - 60 Meter
Habitats:: 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, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
Difficulty:: moyen
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

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

Red List:

Critically endangered (CR)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Eusmilia fastigiata
Glatte Flower Koralle, Großpolypige Steinkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-05-12 09:09:15
Last edit:: 2026-03-07 12:43:00

Élevages

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Eusmilia fastigiata (Pallas, 1766)

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

Characters: Colonies are usually dome-shaped and phaceloid, with widely spaced tubular corallites. Septa are evenly spaced, in two alternating orders. Primary septa are exsert. Costae are well developed. Tentacles are extended at night and are of two sizes, those corresponding with primary septa having broad bases.

Colour: Yellow-brown to grey.

Habitat: Protected reef environments.

Abundance: Usually uncommon but conspicuous.

Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic references: Roos (1971), Wells (1973b), Zlatarski and Estalella (1982). Additional identification guides: Colin (1978), Wood (1983), Humann (1993).

Synonymised names
Caryophyllia fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Eusmilia alticostata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eusmilia aspera Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eusmilia fastigiata f. fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Eusmilia fastigiata f. flabellata Wells, 1973 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eusmilia fastigiata f. guacanayabensis Zlatarski, 1982 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eusmilia fastigiata f. typica Zlatarski & Estella, 1980 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eusmilia knorri Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eusmilia knorrii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Eusmilia silene Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lithodendron capitatum Schweigger, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lithodendron fastigiatum (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lobophyllia fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora capitata Esper, 1795 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora fastigiata Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

Direct children (4)
Forma Eusmilia fastigiata f. fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Eusmilia fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Forma Eusmilia fastigiata f. flabellata Wells, 1973 accepted as Eusmilia fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Forma Eusmilia fastigiata f. guacanayabensis Zlatarski, 1982 accepted as Eusmilia fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Forma Eusmilia fastigiata f. typica Zlatarski & Estella, 1980 accepted as Eusmilia fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

External links

Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 22.09.2020.

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Commonly

Copyright J. E. Randall, Foto Belize, “From J.E.N. Charlie Veron, Corals of the World.”

Copyright Wolfram Sander, Maria La Gorda,Cuba

© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Eusmilia fastigata. Caribbean. This species usually has widely separated tubular corallites with gaps filled by turf algae. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

Smooth Flower Coral, Eusmilia fastigiata, Stragglers Rocks,U.S. Virgin Islands 2023

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