Acanthastrea echinata Purple Bullseye

Acanthastrea echinata is commonly referred to as Purple Bullseye. Difficulty in the aquarium: 3 - Ganska enkel. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 1325
AphiaID:: 207384

Scientific:: Acanthastrea echinata
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Purple Bullseye

Category:: Stenkoraller - LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Acanthastrea (Genus) > echinata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Dana, ), 1846

Occurrence:: (the) Maldives, Australia, Banda Sea, Bunaken, Celebes Sea, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Aden, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Laccadive Sea, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Micronesia, New Guinea, Oceania, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, Thailand, the Seychelles, Timor, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam
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:: Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 15.75" (40 cm)
Temperature:: 76.28 °F - 84.2 °F (24.6°C - 29°C)
Food:: Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
Difficulty:: 3 - Ganska enkel
Offspring:: Easy 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:: 2005-03-08 00:17:31
Last edit:: 2024-07-21 13:36:52

Captive breeding / propagation

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Acanthastrea echinata (Dana, 1846)

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

Description: Colonies are encrusting to massive and are rarely over one metre across. Corallites are cerioid or subplocoid, circular and have thick walls. Septa have long pointed teeth. Colonies have thick fleshy tissue over the skeleton which usually forms concentric folds.
Color: Uniform or mottled dull brown, grey or green, but sometimes brightly coloured.
Habitat: Most reef environments.
Abundance: Usually uncommon, but by far the most common Acanthastrea on tropical reefs.
Similar Species: Acanthastrea subechinata and A. brevis. See also A. hemprichii. Skeletons may be confused with those of the faviids Favites abdita or F. flexuosa, but underwater they do not resemble faviids because of the fleshy polyps.

Synonymised names
Acantastrea echinata (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Acanthastraea echinata (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Acanthastraea echinata var. pseudofavites Chevalier, 1975 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthastraea echinata var. tenuisepta Chevaiier, 1975 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthastraea grandis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthastraea hirsuta Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthastrea grandis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthastrea hirsuta Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthastrea hirsuta var. megalostoma Klunzinger, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthastrea spinosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astraea (Fissicella) echinata Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Astraea echinata Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination (incorrect genus spelling)
Astrea echinata Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Favia hirsuta (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Favites hirsuta (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Prionastraea echinata (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Prionastraea hirsuta (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Prionastrea echinata (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination

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Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Rohleder
@Rohleder

am 09.11.12#3

> Was aber im Lexikon bei den Acanthastrea aus meiner Sicht leider nicht
> erwähnst wird, ist die hohe Aggression dieser Korallen. Siehe Foto. In meinen
> Becken bekämpfen diese Korallen alles was in ihrer Nachbarschaft steht.
> Sie machen auch vor Hydnophora nicht halt. Habe selbst schon Ricordea´s
> und Sympodium durch diese Korallen verloren obwohl sie ca. 5-8 cm davon
> entfernt standen. Aber es sind natürlich auch schöne " Hingucker".

mail-to-nico
@mail-to-nico

am 19.05.10#2

Leicht zu halten, wenig empfindlich... aber ein regelrechtes Nesselmonster! Hat mir letzte Nacht mind. 3 Ricordea weggezaubert. *heul

pinitri
@pinitri

am 18.12.09#1

Eine sehr dankbare leicht zu haltende Koralle die sich sehr aufpumpen kann.
Sie sitzt bei mir im unteren Bereich und nesselt relativ stark.

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