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Stylaster nobilis Noble coral

Stylaster nobilis is commonly referred to as Noble coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Stylaster nobilis,giant's castle Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2024 (CC-BY-SA)


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lexID:
9466 
AphiaID:
210735 
Scientific:
Stylaster nobilis 
German:
Filigrankoralle 
English:
Noble Coral 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Stylasteridae (Family) > Stylaster (Genus) > nobilis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Saville-Kent, ), 1871 
Occurrence:
East-Atlantic Ocean, Endemic species, South-Africa 
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:
3 - 174 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
7.87" - 9.84" (20cm - 25cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C) 
Food:
Plankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Stylaster alaskanus
  • Stylaster amphiheloides
  • Stylaster antillarum
  • Stylaster asper
  • Stylaster atlanticus
  • Stylaster aurantiacus
  • Stylaster bellus
  • Stylaster biflabellum
  • Stylaster bilobatus
  • Stylaster bithalamus
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-02-22 20:08:37 

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Stylaster nobilis (Saville-Kent, 1871)

Stylaster nobilis has a single thick trunk that deived into cylindrical branches.In some cases there may be no branching at all or with a densely packed structure.

The colour is variable, pale pink, purple to orange with pale tips.Stylaster nobilis can be found to depths of 2-100 m usually in caves and under overhangs.

It is endemic to Southern Africa.

Synonymised names
Allopora explanata Saville Kent, 1871 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Allopora nobilis Saville Kent, 1871 · unaccepted (basionym, changed combination)
Allopora ochracea Quelch, 1884 · unaccepted (synonymy)

External links

  1. sealifebase.se (en). Abgerufen am 22.02.2025.
  2. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Commonly

Allopora nobilis (Noble coral),Port Elizabeth 2009,Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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Stylaster nobilis,Dalgleish Bank, South Africa 2022 (CC-BY-SA)
Stylaster nobilis,evans peak algoa bay Western District, South Africa 2021 (CC-BY-SA)
Stylaster nobilis,giant's castle Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2024 (CC-BY-SA)

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