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Madracis asperula Pointed Pencil Coral

Madracis asperula is commonly referred to as Pointed Pencil 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.


Profilbild Urheber Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Madracis asperula,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2026


Courtesy of the author Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln . Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
8649 
AphiaID:
135211 
Scientific:
Madracis asperula 
German:
Spitze Griffelkoralle 
English:
Pointed Pencil Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Pocilloporidae (Family) > Madracis (Genus) > asperula (Species) 
Initial determination:
Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 
Occurrence:
Columbia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Madeira, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Puerto Rico, South Atlantic, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Cayman Islands, The Gulf of Guinea, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela 
Sea depth:
24 - 311 Meter 
Habitats:
Coastal waters, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 15.75" (40 cm) 
Temperature:
39.2 °F - 82.4 °F (4°C - 28°C) 
Food:
azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
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:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-08-30 17:08:10 

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Madracis asperula Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Very special thanks for the first two photos of Madracis asperula to Rafael Mesa, Blue World fotos!

Madracis asperula, an azooxanthellate coral, is found in intermediate to deep-water fore reef environments, from 12-200 meters.

The coral seems to be non-sensitive respective fifferent temperatures, it is found in the cold Scotia Sea and just as in the warmer Caribbean Sea.

Synonymised names
Axhelia asperula (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > superseded combination

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