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Homophyllia bowerbanki Starry Cup Coral

Homophyllia bowerbanki is commonly referred to as Starry Cup Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. Len Zell, Australien

Copyright Dr. Len Zell, Foto Lord Howe Island


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lexID:
2097 
AphiaID:
886931 
Scientific:
Homophyllia bowerbanki 
German:
Großpolypige Steinkoralle 
English:
Starry Cup Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Homophyllia (Genus) > bowerbanki (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Milne Edwards & Haime, ), 1857 
Occurrence:
Australia, Bunaken, Cambodia, Fiji, Guam, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Johnston Atoll, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor, 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:
2 - 20 Meter 
Habitats:
Protected reefs, Reef slopes, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
3.94" - 15.75" (10cm - 40cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
Offspring:
Easy 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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-06-16 20:31:15 

Captive breeding / propagation

Homophyllia bowerbanki is easy to breed. There are offspring in the trade available. If you are interested in Homophyllia bowerbanki, please contact us at Your dealer for a progeny instead of a wildcat. You help to protect the natural stocks.

Info

Homophyllia bowerbanki (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)

Info from AIMS Website: Characters: Colonies are encrusting and usually small. Corallites are cerioid, with irregular angular shapes. A central corallite is usually conspicuous. Septa are compact and columellae are small. Colonies are not fleshy.
For more Infos click to the Link of Corals of thr World

Synonymised names
Acantastrea hillae Wells, 1955 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Acanthastraea angulosa Brüggemann, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthastraea hillae Wells, 1955 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthastrea angulosa Brüggemann, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthastrea bowerbanki Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Acanthastrea hillae Wells, 1955 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astraea bowerbanki (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Copyright Charlie J.E.N. Veron, Foto aus dem Korallenmeer
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Copyright Dr. Len Zell, Foto Lord Howe Island
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Acanthastrea bowerbanki - Großpolypige Steinkoralle (c) by Michael Mrutze, www.meeresaquaristik.de
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Copyright by Claude Schuhmacher, aquaterrashop.de
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Homophyllia bowerbanki,La Balsa Park 2021
www.nevillecoleman.com.au
Acanthastrea bowerbanki

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