Acanthastrea minuta Starry Cup Coral

Acanthastrea minuta is commonly referred to as Starry Cup Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 288882

Scientific:: Acanthastrea minuta
German:: Sternchen Kelch-Koralle, Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Starry Cup Coral

Category:: Koralowce twarde LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Acanthastrea (Genus) > minuta (Species)
Initial determination:: Moll & Best, 1984

Occurrence:: Hong Kong, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand
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:: 1 - 30 Meter
Habitats:: Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: 78.8 °F - 84.2 °F (26°C - 29°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 33 gal (~ 150L)
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
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 in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2006-02-18 12:07:10
Last edit:: 2026-03-13 14:33:00

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Acanthastrea minuta Moll & Best, 1984

Infos from AIMS: Characters: Colonies are massive, cerioid, with circular corallites 5-6 millimetres diameter. Walls are thick. Septa are beaded and columellae are poorly developed. Colonies do not have thick fleshy tissue over the skeleton.

Synonymised names
Micromussa minuta (Moll & Best, 1984) · unaccepted > superseded combination

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Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.05.2023.

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