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Montastraea cavernosa Great Star Coral

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

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Greater Star Coral, Montastraea cavernosa, Pattys Paradise 2022


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lexID:
3453 
AphiaID:
287962 
Scientific:
Montastraea cavernosa 
German:
Große Sternenkoralle 
English:
Great Star Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Montastraeidae (Family) > Montastraea (Genus) > cavernosa (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1767 
Occurrence:
Barbados, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Benin, Gambia, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Florida, Gabon, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Bahamas, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Netherlands Antilles, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Minor Outlying Islands, USA, Venezuela 
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 - 113 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Reef slopes, Reef-associated, Rocky reefs, Seawater, Sea water, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns 
Size:
up to 78.74" (200 cm) 
Temperature:
5,8 °F - 16,9 °F (5,8°C - 16,9°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)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-07-24 13:25:12 

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Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767)

Montastraea cavernosa can be found in the tropical western Atlantic, from the Bahamas to the Caribbean and along the coast of Brazil to about Rio de Janeiro. In the Caribbean, it is one of the most important reef-building corals.

Synonymised names
Astraea (Orbicella) argus Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astraea (Orbicella) radiata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astraea astroites (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Astraea astroites var. porosa Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Astraea astroites var. stellaris Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Astraea endothecata Duncan, 1863 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astraea radiata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astrea argus Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astrea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Astrea conferta Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astrea radiata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Explanaria argus (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Explanaria argus var. columnaris Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Explanaria argus var. complanata Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Explanaria argus var. impressa Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Explanaria radiata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Favia cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Favia cavernosa astroites Oken, 1815 · unaccepted > unavailable name
Heliastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Heliastraea conferta (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Heliastraea cylindrica (Duncan, 1863) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Heliastraea endothecata (Duncan, 1863) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Heliastraea radiata (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Heliastrea radiata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora astroides Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora cavernosa Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Madrepora radiata Ellis & Solander, 1786 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Matrepora radiata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Montastraea brasiliana (Verrill, 1901) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Montastrea braziliana (Verrill, 1902) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Montastrea cavernata (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Montastrea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Montastrea cavernosa guineensis Gravier, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orbicella argus (Lamarck, 1801) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orbicella braziliana Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orbicella cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Orbicella cavernosa hirta Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orbicella cavernosa var. compacta Vaughan, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orbicella cavernosa var. hirta Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orbicella radiata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

  1. Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 10.08.2022.
  2. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 10.08.2022.

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