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Pseudomadrepora carolina Stony coral, hard coral, Pourtalès fan coral

Pseudomadrepora carolina is commonly referred to as Stony coral, hard coral, Pourtalès fan coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Grand Bahama Island, High Rock, südwestlich von, Bahamas, Nord-West-Atlantik


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lexID:
18060 
AphiaID:
1824973 
Scientific:
Pseudomadrepora carolina 
German:
Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle 
English:
Stony Coral, Hard Coral, Pourtalès Fan Coral 
Category:
Stenkoraller - SPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Agariciidae (Family) > Pseudomadrepora (Genus) > carolina (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Pourtalès, ), 1871 
Occurrence:
Anguilla, Bermuda, Brazil, Central America (Western Atlantic), Columbia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, South America (Western Atlantic Ocean), The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Hemipelagial
Lightless depth range of 800 - 2400 meters 
Sea depth:
53 - 1003 Meter 
Habitats:
Mesophotic reefs (40 -150 meters), Rocky, hard seabeds 
Temperature:
5,6 °F - 80.6 °F (5,6°C - 27°C) 
Food:
azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Organic suspended sediment , Plankton, Suspension feeder 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-01-18 07:35:49 

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Pseudomadrepora carolina is an azooxanthellate, reef-building stony coral that was first described in 1971 as Lophohelia carolina, later assigned to the genus Madrepora, and in 2025 to the new genus Pseudomadrepora.

Pseudomadrepora carolina occurs throughout the tropical western Atlantic in the Gulf of Mexico and off the southeast coast of the United States, often together with Madrepora oculata.

The stony coral forms bush-like colonies with a thick base up to 28 mm in diameter on rocky substrates.

Only limited information is available on the growth, age, and reproduction of the species.

Color: The coral comes in two color morphs, pink and white.

Etymology:
The species name “carolina” refers to the type locality of the coral on the east coast of the United States.

Synonyms:
Amphihelia carolina (Pourtalès, 1871) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lophelia exigua (Pourtalès, 1871) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lophohelia carolina Pourtalès, 1871 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Lophohelia exigua Pourtalès, 1871 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora carolina (Pourtalès, 1871) · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. Erstbeschreibung als Lophohelia carolina Pourtalès, 1871 (en). Abgerufen am 17.01.2026.
  2. Phylogenetic position of the reef-builder Madrepora carolina and the genus Thalamophyllia (Anthozoa, Scleractinia): new additions for the family Agariciidae (en). Abgerufen am 17.01.2026.
  3. State of Deep Coral Ecosystems of the United States: Introduction and National Overview, Seite 11ff. (en). Abgerufen am 17.01.2026.

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Grand Bahama Island, High Rock, südwestlich von, Bahamas, Nord-West-Atlantik

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