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Galaxea astreata Galaxea astreata

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

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lexID:
2145 
AphiaID:
207368 
Scientific:
Galaxea astreata 
German:
Kristallkoralle 
English:
Galaxea Astreata 
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Euphylliidae (Family) > Galaxea (Genus) > astreata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lamarck, ), 1816 
Occurrence:
Eritrea, Sudan, Hong Kong, Brunei Darussalam, China, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Egypt, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Northern Territory (Australia), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Tansania, Tasman Sea, The Bangai Archipelago, Timor, Togean Islands, Western Australia, Yemen, Zanzibar 
Sea depth:
0 - 57 Meter 
Size:
up to 19.69" (50 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°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:
Vulnerable (VU) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-12-23 06:23:38 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Info

Infos from AIMS Website: Characters: Colonies are submassive, columnar or encrusting and commonly exceed 2 metres across in turbid water. Corallites sometimes vary greatly in size depending on where they occur on the colony; they are usually 3-4.5 millimetres diameter. Usually eight to twelve septa reach the corallite centre.
Reef environments protected from strong wave action
For more Infos click to the Link to AIMS Website.

External links

  1. Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 23.12.2021.
  2. Galaxea Can Grow as big as Houses! (en). Abgerufen am 14.09.2022.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 23.12.2021.

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Galaxea astreata - Großpolypige Steinkoralle

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