Acanthastrea pachysepta Lobed Cactus Coral

Acanthastrea pachysepta is commonly referred to as Lobed Cactus Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Normaal. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3594 

AphiaID:

888170 

Scientific:

Acanthastrea pachysepta 

German:

Gelappte Kaktuskoralle 

English:

Lobed Cactus Coral 

Category:

Steenkoralen LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Acanthastrea (Genus) > pachysepta (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Chevalier, ), 1975 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Line Islands, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna 

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:

3 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Lagoons, Protected reefs, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1.57" - 1.97" (4cm - 5cm) 

Temperature:

77.54 °F - 84.74 °F (25.3°C - 29.3°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

33 gal (~ 150L)  

Difficulty:

Normaal 

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:

• 
  Acanthastrea echinata
  Sternchen Kelch-Koralle, Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Acanthastrea hemprichii
  Hemprichs Hirnkoralle, Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Acanthastrea minuta
  Sternchen Kelch-Koralle, Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Acanthastrea subechinata
  Sternkoralle, kelchkoralle

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Acanthastrea brevis
  Sternchen Kelch-Koralle, Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Acanthastrea pachysepta
  Gelappte Kaktuskoralle
• 
  Acanthastrea rotundoflora
  Sternem Kelch-Koralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-03-23 12:46:37 

Last edit:

2026-03-13 14:46:24 

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