Acanthastrea rotundoflora Starry Cup Coral

Acanthastrea rotundoflora 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 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

687 

AphiaID:

766904 

Scientific:

Acanthastrea rotundoflora 

German:

Sternem Kelch-Koralle 

English:

Starry Cup Coral 

Category:

Koralowce twarde LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Acanthastrea (Genus) > rotundoflora (Species) 

Initial determination:

Chevalier, 1975 

Occurrence:

Eritrea, Sudan, Djibouti, the Black Sea, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Banda Sea, Bunaken, Cambodia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Egypt, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Aden, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Java, Jordan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South China Sea, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, 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:

2 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Protected reefs, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

77.9 °F - 84.74 °F (25.5°C - 29.3°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

44 gal (~ 200L)  

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:

• 
  Acanthastrea echinata
  Sternchen Kelch-Koralle, Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Acanthastrea hemprichii
  Hemprichs Hirnkoralle, Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Acanthastrea minuta
  Sternchen Kelch-Koralle, Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Acanthastrea subechinata
  Sternkoralle, kelchkoralle

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Acanthastrea brevis
  Sternchen Kelch-Koralle, Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• 
  Acanthastrea pachysepta
  Gelappte Kaktuskoralle
• 
  Acanthastrea rotundoflora
  Sternem Kelch-Koralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-13 22:06:56 

Last edit:

2026-03-13 14:50:03 

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