Coelastrea aspera Stony Coral

Coelastrea aspera is commonly referred to as Stony Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1902 

AphiaID:

762427 

Scientific:

Coelastrea aspera 

German:

Großpolypige Steinkoralle 

English:

Stony Coral 

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Coelastrea (Genus) > aspera (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Verrill, ), 1866 

Occurrence:

Eritrea, Djibouti, Sudan, American Samoa, Australia, Cambodia, China, Comores, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Aden, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, the Seychelles, Tokelau, Tonga, 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:

0 - 40 Meter 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

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:

Least concern (LC)  

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Coelastrea aspera
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Coelastrea palauensis
  Palau Sternkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2006-04-08 14:48:21 

Last edit:

2024-05-05 19:49:03 

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