Astrangia rathbuni Cup coral

Astrangia rathbuni is commonly referred to as Cup coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Astrangia rathbuni
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Cup Coral

Category:: Крупнополипные Жёсткие Кораллы

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Rhizangiidae (Family) > Astrangia (Genus) > rathbuni (Species)
Initial determination:: Vaughan, 1906

Occurrence:: Suriname, Argentina, Brazil, Puerto Rico, South America, the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, West-Atlantic Ocean
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 - 90 Meter
Size:: 0" - 0.39" (0,2cm - 1cm)
Temperature:: 62.6 °F - 77 °F (17°C - 25°C)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Possible to breed
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:

Astrangia atrata
Großpolypige Steinkoralle
Astrangia browni
Astrangia californica
Astrangia conferta
Astrangia costata
Astrangia dentata
Großpolypige Steinkoralle
Astrangia equatorialis
Großpolypige Steinkoralle
Astrangia haimei
Großpolypige Steinkoralle
Astrangia howardi
Astrangia macrodentata
Großpolypige Steinkoralle
Astrangia mercatoris
Astrangia poculata
Großpolypige Steinkoralle
Astrangia rathbuni
Großpolypige Steinkoralle
Astrangia solitaria
Großpolypige Steinkoralle
Astrangia woodsi
Großpolypige Steinkoralle

More related species in this lexicon:

Astrangia pichoni
Großpolypige Steinkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-07-19 14:48:21
Last edit:: 2017-07-20 09:50:52

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Info

Vaughan, 1906

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

External links

Brasil reef (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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