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Madracis decactis Ten - ray Star Coral

Madracis decactisis commonly referred to as Ten - ray 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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Madracis decactis Hard coral, Glover's Reef, Belize, Belize,Copyright Paddy ryan


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lexID:
651 
AphiaID:
287107 
Scientific:
Madracis decactis 
German:
Sternkoralle, Großployige Steinkoralle 
English:
Ten - Ray Star Coral 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Pocilloporidae (Family) > Madracis (Genus) > decactis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lyman, ), 1859 
Occurrence:
Gambia, Ghana, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Cameroon, Columbia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Bahamas, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, Togo, USA, Venezuela 
Sea depth:
5 - 98 Meter 
Size:
0.79" - 5.91" (2cm - 15cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
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:
 
More related species
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-10-06 20:21:53 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Madracis decactis are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Madracis decactis, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Madracis decactis, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Madracis decactis (Lyman, 1859)

Similar species: Madracis mirabilis, which has similar corallites but has branches which are finer, circular rather than flattened in section, usually has tentacles extended during the day and is yellow.

Similar to Madracis mirabilis,

Synonymised names:
Astraea decactis Lyman, 1859 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Astrea decactis (Lyman, 1859) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madracis decactis f. decactis (Lyman, 1850) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madracis decactis f. luciphila Wells, 1973 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madracis decactis f. typica Zlatarski & Martinez-Estallela, 1982 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pentalophora lamellosa (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Reussia lamellosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (5):
Forma Madracis decactis f. decactis (Lyman, 1850) accepted as Madracis decactis (Lyman, 1859) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Forma Madracis decactis f. luciphila Wells, 1973 accepted as Madracis decactis (Lyman, 1859) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Forma Madracis decactis f. mirabilis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) accepted as Madracis myriaster (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Forma Madracis decactis f. pharensis (Heller, 1868) accepted as Madracis pharensis (Heller, 1868) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Forma Madracis decactis f. typica Zlatarski & Martinez-Estallela, 1982 accepted as Madracis decactis (Lyman, 1859) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Scientific paper

  1. Vibrio madraciussp. nov. Isolated fromMadracis decactis(Scleractinia) in St Peter & St Paul Archipelago, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Brazil, Moreira, Ana Paula B.; Duytschaever, Gwen; Tonon, Luciane A. Chimetto; Dias, Graciela M.; Mesquita, Milene; Cnockaert, Margo; Francini-Filho, Ronaldo B.; De Vos, Paul; Thompson, Cristiane C.; Thompson, Fabiano L. , 2014

External links

  1. Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Madracis decactis Hard coral, Glover's Reef, Belize, Belize,Copyright Paddy ryan
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