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Stylaster sanguineus Elegant Lace Coral

Stylaster sanguineus is commonly referred to as Elegant Lace Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping.

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lexID:
8559 
AphiaID:
285906 
Scientific:
Stylaster sanguineus 
German:
Elegante Filigrankoralle 
English:
Elegant Lace Coral 
Category:
Lace corals 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Stylasteridae (Family) > Stylaster (Genus) > sanguineus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 
Occurrence:
Australia, Indonesia, Marschall Islands, New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean, Papua New Guinea, Sulawesi, Western Pacific 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:
30 - 128 Meter 
Habitats:
Rocky outcrops, Rock ledges, Seawater, Sea water, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns 
Size:
5.91" - 11.81" (15cm - 30cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Plankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
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:
2025-05-25 09:45:02 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Stylaster sanguineus Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850

The Elegant Lace Coral feeds on microzooplankton, bacterial particulates, and small particulate organic matter. It needs a strong water movement and shade places.

Synonymised names
Stylaster elegans Verrill, 1864 · unaccepted
Stylaster tenuis Verrill, 1864 · unaccepted

External links

  1. sealifebase.se (en). Abgerufen am 25.05.2025.
  2. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Stylaster sanguineus Elegante Filigrankoralle

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