Astreopora cucullata Astreopora cucullata

Astreopora cucullata is commonly referred to as Astreopora cucullata. Difficulty in the aquarium: Średnio trudny. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Astreopora cucullata
German:: großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Astreopora Cucullata

Category:: Koralowce twarde LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Astreopora (Genus) > cucullata (Species)
Initial determination:: Lamberts, 1980

Occurrence:: Eritrea, Sudan, Djibouti, American Samoa, Australia, Cambodia, Egypt, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen
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:: 5 - 15 Meter
Size:: up to 19.69" (50 cm)
Temperature:: 77.9 °F - 84.74 °F (25.5°C - 29.3°C)
Food:: Dustfood , Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
Difficulty:: Średnio trudny
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

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

Red List:

Vulnerable (VU)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-02-24 11:58:26
Last edit:: 2020-10-03 15:36:20

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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“From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”

Astreopora cucullata
Lamberts, 1980

Characters: Colonies are thick or encrusting plates, sometimes with short rootlets. Corallites are irregular, immersed on concave surfaces, exsert on convex surfaces. They are mostly inclined and often have elliptical openings. Papillae around the corallites have a feathery appearance and may form a hood over the openings.

Colour: Cream or pale-brown.

Habitat: Shallow reef environments.

Abundance: Rare.

Similar species: Astreopora scabra

Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic reference: Lamberts (1982).

External links

Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 03.10.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 03.10.2020.

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Astreopora cucullata. Philippines. Corallites are relatively immersed in depressions of colony surface and have elliptical corallite openings. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

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