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Astrangia poculata Northern star coral

Astrangia poculata is commonly referred to as Northern star coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Photo courtesy Terry Rioux, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Astrangia poculata mit und ohne Zooxanthellen!

Die dunklen Bereiche der Koralle beinhalten Zooxanthellen, die hellen Bereich haben keine Zooxanthellen!
Courtesy of the author Photo courtesy Terry Rioux, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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lexID:
5631 
AphiaID:
157967 
Scientific:
Astrangia poculata 
German:
Großpolypige Steinkoralle 
English:
Northern Star Coral 
Category:
Sten koraller LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Rhizangiidae (Family) > Astrangia (Genus) > poculata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Ellis & Solander, ), 1786 
Occurrence:
Gambia, Benin, Ghana, Bermuda, Cameroon, Canada Eastern Pacific, Equatorial Guinea, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Martinique, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Bahamas, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Ivory Coast, Togo, USA, West Africa, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Supralitoral 
Sea depth:
1 - 796 Meter 
Size:
up to 1.97" (5 cm) 
Temperature:
44.6 °F - 26,5 °F (7°C - 26,5°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, Apozooxanthellate (Azooxanthellate and Zooxanthellate), Copepods, Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
22 gal (~ 100L)  
Difficulty:
Easy 
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:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-12-05 15:48:09 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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(Ellis and Solander, 1786)

Colonies are encrusting, submassive or branching. Colonies are both zooxanthellate and azooxanthellate, depending primarily on light conditions. Corallites are tightly compacted, mostly circular and up to 10 millimetres diameter. Corallite walls are well defined. Septal margins are beaded. Columellae are well developed.

Colour: Translucent to brown, depending on the presence of zooxanthellae.

Habitat: Rocky shores and jetty pilings. Tolerant of a wide range of temperatures.

Abundance: Common

Textsource: Corals of the World by Charlie J.E.N. Veron

Synonyms:
Astrangia astreiformis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Astrangia danae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Astrangia danae Agassiz, 1850
Astrangia edwardsii Verrill, 1866
Astrangia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Madrepora poculata Ellis & Solander, 1786

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Rhizangiidae (Family) > Astrangia (Genus

External links

  1. Climate Group Overview (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. inaturalist (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  6. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  7. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Wirbellose
@Wirbellose

am 07.09.14#1
Diese LPS wird wie schon beschrieben oft übersehen.
Astrangia poculata ist eine Bonsei-Steinkoralle. Als Vergleich die Sarcothelia edmondsoni. Die blaue Xenia hat heute nach einem halben Jahr die Astrangia komplett umschlossen. Die Haltung dieser Steinkoralle ist sehr einfach. Futter wird nicht extra gereicht.



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