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Stylocoeniella cocosensis Blushing Star Coral

Stylocoeniella cocosensisis commonly referred to as Blushing Star Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien, Australien

Stylocoeniella cocosensis. Philippines. Surface of an encrusting colony, showing fine coenosteum spinules and few coenosteum styles. Photograph: Charlie Veron.


Courtesy of the author Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien, Australien . Please visit www.coralsoftheworld.org for more information.

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lexID:
2265 
AphiaID:
287774 
Scientific:
Stylocoeniella cocosensis 
German:
Sternkoralle 
English:
Blushing Star Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Astrocoeniidae (Family) > Stylocoeniella (Genus) > cocosensis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Veron, 1990 
Occurrence:
Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tides. 
Sea depth:
2 - 10 Meter 
Size:
up to 19.69" (50 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 84.2 °F (24°C - 29°C) 
Food:
Dustfood , Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
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:
Vulnerable (VU) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-09-30 19:54:02 

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Stylocoeniella cocosensis
Veron, 1990

Its easy to keep. not to mouch Light! especially under overhangs, middle Water Condition. Characters:
Colonies are small and encrusting. Corallites are irregularly exsert and less than one millimetre diameter. Septa are in two subequal cycles. Columellae are small. For more Infos and Pictures click to the Link to AIMS Website.

External links

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 30.09.2023.
  2. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 30.09.2023.
  3. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 30.09.2023.

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Stylocoeniella cocosensis. Philippines. Surface of an encrusting colony, showing fine coenosteum spinules and few coenosteum styles. Photograph: Charlie Veron.
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