Siderastrea radians Lesser starlet coral, Rough Starlet Coral

Siderastrea radians is commonly referred to as Lesser starlet coral, Rough Starlet Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 750 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 207517

Scientific:: Siderastrea radians
German:: Massive Sternchenkoralle,Vieltrichterkoralle
English:: Lesser Starlet Coral, Rough Starlet Coral

Category:: Stony Corals LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Siderastreidae (Family) > Siderastrea (Genus) > radians (Species)
Initial determination:: (Pallas, ), 1766

Occurrence:: Barbados, Benin, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Gambia, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, Equatorial Guinea, Florida, Gabon, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Liberia, Madagascar, Martinique, Mauritania, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, The Bahamas, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Netherlands Antilles, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S.
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 - 40 Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 3.94" - 11.81" (10cm - 30cm)
Temperature:: 24,1 °F - 82.4 °F (24,1°C - 28°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 164.98 gal (~ 750L)
Difficulty:: Not for beginners
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:

Siderastrea stellata
Massive Sternchenkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-04-08 18:26:46
Last edit:: 2025-02-02 19:45:38

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Siderastrea radians (Pallas, 1766)

Characters: Colonies are massive, usually less than 300 millimetres across. They sometimes occur as free-living mobile balls. Corallites are rounded, deep, usually irregular and 2.5-3 millimetres diameter. Septa are in three clearly defined cycles. Columellae consist of one or a few granules.

Colour: Uniform light browns.

Habitat: Shallow reef.

Abundance: Common.

Text source: Corals of the World by Charlie J.E.N. Veron.

Synonymised names
Astraea (Siderastraea) galaxea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astraea (Siderina) galaxea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astraea galaxea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astraea punctifera Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astraea radians (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Astraea senegalensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astraeopora punctifera (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astrea galaxea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astrea radians (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Astrea radians astroites Oken, 1815 · unaccepted > unavailable name
Astreopora punctifera (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Explanaria galaxea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora galaxea Ellis & Solander, 1786 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora radians Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Siderastraea radians (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Siderastraea radians var. pulchella Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Siderastraea radians var. radians (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Siderastrea circumfossata Thiel, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Siderastrea galaxea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Siderastrea radians f. radians (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Siderastrea senegalensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Siderina galaxea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (2)
Forma Siderastrea radians f. radians (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Siderastrea radians (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Forma Siderastrea radians f. stellata Verill, 1868 accepted as Siderastrea stellata Verrill, 1868 (unaccepted > superseded combination)

External links

Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Smithonian Marine Station at Ford Pierce (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

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