Siderastrea siderea Massive Starlet Coral

Siderastrea siderea is commonly referred to as Massive Starlet Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Siderastrea siderea,Kralendijk, Caribbean Netherlands 2025

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lexID:: 636
AphiaID:: 207516

Scientific:: Siderastrea siderea
German:: Massive Sternchenkoralle
English:: Massive Starlet Coral

Category:: Stenkoraller - LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Siderastreidae (Family) > Siderastrea (Genus) > siderea (Species)
Initial determination:: (Ellis & Solander, ), 1786

Occurrence:: Barbados, Guadeloupe, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Minor Outlying Islands, USA, Venezuela
Sea depth:: 0 - 2000 Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 39.37" (100 cm)
Temperature:: 6,2 °F - 16,9 °F (6,2°C - 16,9°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

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

Red List:

Critically endangered (CR)

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:: 2004-09-11 15:02:05
Last edit:: 2025-04-05 16:54:11

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Siderastrea siderea are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Siderastrea siderea, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Siderastrea siderea, 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 siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

Description:
Colonies are encrusting to massive and are usually over one metre across. Corallites are 3-4.5 millimetres diameter, with numerous septa tightly compacted giving a smooth surface. Septa are uniformly separated and reduce in number from the wall to the columella without forming many fan-like fusions.
Color: Usually light reddish-brown.

Similar Species: Corallites are larger than any other Siderastrea.

Synonymised names
Astraea siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Astrea sidera (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora siderea Ellis & Solander, 1786 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Pavonia siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Siderastraea radians var. siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Siderastraea siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Siderastraea siderea var. nitida Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Siderastrea (Siderastrea) siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Siderastrea glynni Budd & Guzman, 1994 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Siderastrea grandis Duncan, 1863 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Siderastrea siderea var. dominicensis Vaughan, 1919 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Siderastrea siderea var. nitida Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Siderastrea siderea var. silicensis Vaughan, 1919 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (1)
Variety Siderastrea siderea var. nitida Verrill, 1901 accepted as Siderastrea siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

External links

Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 28.09.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 28.09.2020.

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