Stylaster nobilis Noble coral

Stylaster nobilisis commonly referred to as Noble coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Allopora nobilis (Noble coral),Port Elizabeth 2009,Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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AphiaID:: 210735

Scientific:: Stylaster nobilis
German:: Filigrankoralle
English:: Noble Coral

Category:: Lace corals

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Stylasteridae (Family) > Stylaster (Genus) > nobilis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Saville-Kent, ), 1871

Occurrence:: East-Atlantic Ocean, South-Africa
Sea depth:: 3 - 174 Meter
Size:: 7.87" - 9.84" (20cm - 25cm)
Temperature:: °F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C)
Food:: Plankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
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:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Stylaster alaskanus
Stylaster amphiheloides
Stylaster antillarum
Stylaster asper
Stylaster atlanticus
Stylaster aurantiacus
Stylaster bellus
Stylaster biflabellum
Stylaster bilobatus
Stylaster bithalamus
Stylaster blatteus
Filigrankoralle
Stylaster bocki
Stylaster boreopacificus
Stylaster boschmai
Stylaster brochi
Stylaster brunneus
Stylaster californicus
Kalifornische Filigrankoralle
Stylaster campylecus
Stylaster carinatus
Stylaster cocosensis
Stylaster complanatus
Stylaster corallium
Stylaster crassior
Stylaster crassiseptum
Stylaster densicaulis
Stylaster dentatus
Stylaster diastemata
Stylaster divergens
Stylaster duchassaingi
Filigrankoralle
Stylaster eguchii
Stylaster elassotomus
Stylaster erubescens
Stylaster filogranus
Stylaster flabelliformis
Stylaster fundatus
Stylaster galapagensis
Stylaster gemmascens
Stylaster gracilis
Stylaster granulosus
Stylaster griggi
Stylaster griseus
Stylaster hattorii
Stylaster horologium
Stylaster ibericus
Stylaster imbricatus
Stylaster incompletus
Stylaster incrassatus
Stylaster infundibuliferus
Stylaster inornatus
Stylaster kenti
Stylaster laevigatus
Stylaster leptostylus
Stylaster lindneri
Stylaster lonchitis
Stylaster marenzelleri
Stylaster maroccanus
Stylaster marshae
Stylaster microstriatus
Stylaster miniatus
Stylaster multiplex
Stylaster nobilis
Filigrankoralle
Stylaster norvegicus
Stylaster obtusus
Stylaster omanensis
Stylaster papuensis
Stylaster parageus
Stylaster polymorphus
Stylaster polystomos
Stylaster profundiporus
Stylaster profundus
Stylaster pulcher
Stylaster purpuratus
Stylaster ramosus
Stylaster repandus
Stylaster robustus
Stylaster rosaceus
Stylaster roseus
Filigrankoralle
Stylaster sanguineus
Elegante Filigrankoralle
Stylaster scabiosus
Stylaster sinuosus
Stylaster solidus
Stylaster spatula
Stylaster stejnegeri
Stylaster stellulatus
Stylaster subviolacea
Stylaster tenisonwoodsi
Stylaster trachystomus
Stylaster venustus
Stylaster verrillii

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-03-08 20:08:20
Last edit:: 2022-10-30 12:36:57

Info

Stylaster nobilis (Saville-Kent, 1871)

Stylaster nobilis has a single thick trunk that deived into cylindrical branches.In some cases there may be no branching at all or with a densely packed structure.

The colour is variable, pale pink, purple to orange with pale tips.Stylaster nobilis can be found to depths of 2-100 m usually in caves and under overhangs.

It is endemic to Southern Africa.

Synonyme:
Allopora explanata
Allopora nobilis
Allopora ochracea

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydrozoonolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Stylasteridae (Family) > Stylaster (Genus) > Stylaster nobilis (Species)

External links

Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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