Madracis myriaster Stony coral

Madracis myriasteris commonly referred to as Stony coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 287111

Scientific:: Madracis myriaster
German:: Sternkoralle
English:: Stony Coral

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Pocilloporidae (Family) > Madracis (Genus) > myriaster (Species)
Initial determination:: (Milne Edwards & Haime, ), 1850

Occurrence:: Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, 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:: 0 - 1220 Meter
Size:: 7.87" - 39.37" (20cm - 100cm)
Temperature:: 39.2 °F - 80.6 °F (4°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:

Not evaluated (NE)

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

More related species in this lexicon:

Madracis auretenra
Sternchenkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2009-10-11 12:12:13
Last edit:: 2022-12-18 06:35:38

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Madracis myriaster are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Madracis myriaster, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Madracis myriaster, 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 mirabilis
Lyman, 1859

Description: Colonies are branching. Corallites are widely separated, sometimes angular in outline, with a solid conical columella. Usually ten septa are present and these are fused with the columella. The coenosteum has fine spinules which sometimes form a ridge between corallites. Tentacles are extended day and night.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Astrocoeniidae (Family) > Mirabilis (Genus)

External links

A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic (en). Abgerufen am 18.12.2022.
Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Fish predation on the scleractinian coral Madracis mirabilis controls its depth distribution in the Florida Keys, USA (en). Abgerufen am 18.12.2022.
Homepage Franck Mazeas (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Neues aus der Wissenschaft (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Madracis mirabilis. Caribbean. Surface detail. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

Husbandry know-how of owners

Benjamin
@Benjamin

am 13.10.09#2

Ich kann mich noch erinnern irgendwo ( Mergus , Julian Sprung ? ) eine Madracis mirabilis gesehen zu haben , deren Polypen eine blassblaue/graue Farbe hatten .
Ein Berliner Händler hatte so eine in seinen Schaubecken und es gab jedes mal eine Diskusion .
Er war nämlich der Meinung das es eine Pocillopora sei .
Na egal hier nach Europa kommen diese Korallen sowieso nur selten , wer da eine erhält sollte sie als Kleinod betrachten .

dieter.kreissl
@dieter.kreissl

am 12.10.09#1

Madracis mirabilis erscheint in hellgelber bis hellbrauner Farbe. Die kleinen Korallenpolypen bilden dichte Büschel in der Größe von kleinen Bleistift-Zweigen mit stumpfen Spitzen. Die Zweige sind nicht verbunden durch Gewebe, sondern durch eine gemeinsames Skelett. Wächst die Kolonie, verschwindet das Gewebe an der Basis jedes Zweiges, so dass das nackte Skelett zum Vorschein kommt. (ähnlich wie bei Poccilopora-Arten)

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