Astrangia equatorialis Stony Coral

Astrangia equatorialis is commonly referred to as Stony 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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lexID:

13439 

AphiaID:

287120 

Scientific:

Astrangia equatorialis 

German:

Großpolypige Steinkoralle 

English:

Stony Coral 

Category:

Steenkoralen LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Rhizangiidae (Family) > Astrangia (Genus) > equatorialis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Durham & Barnard, 1952 

Occurrence:

Costa Rica, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Mexico (East Pacific) 

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:

0 - 15 Meter 

Size:

0,3 cm 

Temperature:

77 °F - 86 °F (25°C - 30°C) 

Food:

azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, 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:

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
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More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Astrangia pichoni
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-12-15 18:07:22 

Last edit:

2020-12-17 13:28:27 

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