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Astrangia solitaria Warf cup coral

Astrangia solitaria is commonly referred to as Warf cup coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Для опытным аквариумистам. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
8838 
AphiaID:
287125 
Scientific:
Astrangia solitaria 
German:
Großpolypige Steinkoralle 
English:
Warf Cup Coral 
Category:
Крупнополипные Жёсткие Кораллы 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Rhizangiidae (Family) > Astrangia (Genus) > solitaria (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Le Sueur, ), 1818 
Occurrence:
Guadeloupe, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela 
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:
40 - 50 Meter 
Size:
up to 0.39" (1 cm) 
Temperature:
66.2 °F - 80.6 °F (19°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Bosmiden, Brachionus, Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Copepods, Cyclops, Daphnia salina, Dustfood , Fish eggs, Frozen food (small sorts), Lobster eggs, Zooplankton 
Tank:
11 gal (~ 50L)  
Difficulty:
Для опытным аквариумистам 
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
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-12-05 15:51:21 

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(Lesueur, 1817)

It is one of the most common azooxanthellate corals in the western Atlantic and it is commonly attached to dead coral rubble and the undersides of platy corals, down to 40 (51) meters.

Color:
Corallites usually uniformly light brown or light brown in the distal half, grading to white on the lower half. Occasionally the corallites are entirely white.
Source: Marine Species Identification Portal

Synonyms:
Astrangia brasiliensis Vaughan, 1906
Astrangia epithecata Duncan, 1876
Astrangia granulata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
Astrangia minuta Duncan, 1876
Astrangia neglecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
Astrangia solitaria portoricensis Vaughan, 1901
Caryophyllia solitaria Leseuer, 1817

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

External links

  1. EDU Red (es). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Marine Species Identifcation Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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