Astrangia rathbuni Cup coral

Astrangia rathbuni is commonly referred to as Cup 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.

Profile

lexID:

10923 

AphiaID:

287124 

Scientific:

Astrangia rathbuni 

German:

Großpolypige Steinkoralle 

English:

Cup Coral 

Category:

Coraux durs LPS 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Vaughan, 1906 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Argentina, Brazil, Puerto Rico, South America, the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, West-Atlantic Ocean 

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:

1 - 90 Meter 

Size:

0" - 0.39" (0,2cm - 1cm) 

Temperature:

62.6 °F - 77 °F (17°C - 25°C) 

Food:

azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

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
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Astrangia pichoni
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-07-19 14:48:21 

Last edit:

2017-07-20 09:50:52 

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