Madracis asperula Madracis asperula

Madracis asperula is commonly referred to as Madracis asperula. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Madracis asperula
German:: Großployige Steinkoralle
English:: Madracis Asperula

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
Size:: up to 15.75" (40 cm)
Temperature:: 39.2 °F - 82.4 °F (4°C - 28°C)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
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:

Data deficient (DD)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Madracis asanoi
Großployige Steinkoralle
Madracis asperula
Großployige Steinkoralle
Madracis brueggemanni
Sternkoralle
Madracis carmabi
Großployige Steinkoralle
Madracis decactis
Sternkoralle, Großployige Steinkoralle
Madracis formosa
Sternkoralle
Madracis hellana
Madracis interjecta
Madracis kauaiensis
Madracis kirbyi
Sternkoralle
Madracis myriaster
Sternkoralle
Madracis pharensis
Sternkoralle
Madracis profunda
Madracis senaria
Sternkoralle

More related species in this lexicon:

Madracis auretenra
Sternchenkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-08-07 19:01:47
Last edit:: 2015-08-07 19:01:47

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Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850

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.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Astrocoeniidae (Family) > Madracis (Genus) > Madracis asperula (Species)

External links

Antarctic Invertebrates (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Rafael Mesa (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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