Astrea curta Star Bolder Coral

Astrea curtais commonly referred to as Star Bolder Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9645 

AphiaID:

762421 

Scientific:

Astrea curta 

German:

Großpolypige Steinkoralle 

English:

Star Bolder Coral 

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Astrea (Genus) > curta (Species) 

Initial determination:

Dana, 1846 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Cambodia, China, Comores, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Eastern Indian Ocean, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Lord Howe Island, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Territory (Australia), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Rapa, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tasman Sea, Thailand, the Kermadec Islands, the Seychelles, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Australia 

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 - 40 Meter 

Size:

up to 19.69" (50 cm) 

Temperature:

76.1 °F - 28.9, °F (24.5°C - 28.9,°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Astrea annuligera
  Sternkoralle
• 
  Astrea curta
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Astrea devantieri
  Sternkoralle
• 
  Astrea rotulosa
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-04-16 18:15:44 

Last edit:

2020-12-05 20:42:51 

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