Madracis senaria Zooxanthellate Coral species

Madracis senariais commonly referred to as Zooxanthellate Coral species. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

1239 

AphiaID:

287112 

Scientific:

Madracis senaria 

German:

Sternkoralle 

English:

Zooxanthellate Coral Species 

Category:

Stony Corals LPS 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Wells, 1973 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Belize, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela 

Size:

7.87" - 78.74" (20cm - 200cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

33 gal (~ 150L)  

Difficulty:

Average 

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 

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
  Sternchenkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-01-06 21:01:37 

Last edit:

2007-05-09 01:34:24 

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