Madracis auretenra Yellow Pencil Coral, Yellow Finger Coral, Branching Coral

Madracis auretenra is commonly referred to as Yellow Pencil Coral, Yellow Finger Coral, Branching Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5362 

AphiaID:

430664 

Scientific:

Madracis auretenra 

German:

Gelbstift-Koralle, Gelbfinger-Koralle 

English:

Yellow Pencil Coral, Yellow Finger Coral, Branching Coral 

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Pocilloporidae (Family) > Madracis (Genus) > auretenra (Species) 

Initial determination:

Locke, Weil & Coates, 2007 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, 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:

3 - 40 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

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)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Madracis asanoi
  Großployige Steinkoralle
• 
  Madracis asperula
  Großployige Steinkoralle
• 
  Madracis brueggemanni
  Sternkoralle
• 
  Madracis carmabi
  Großployige Steinkoralle
• 
  Madracis decactis
  Sternkoralle, Großployige Steinkoralle
• 
  Madracis formosa
  Sternkoralle
• Madracis hellana
• Madracis interjecta
• Madracis kauaiensis
• 
  Madracis kirbyi
  Sternkoralle
• 
  Madracis myriaster
  Sternkoralle
• 
  Madracis pharensis
  Sternkoralle
• Madracis profunda
• 
  Madracis senaria
  Sternkoralle
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Madracis auretenra
  Gelbstift-Koralle, Gelbfinger-Koralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-04-30 23:10:10 

Last edit:

2026-02-20 16:09:03 

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