Craterastrea levis Craterastrea levis

Craterastrea levis is commonly referred to as Craterastrea levis. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 216131

Scientific:: Craterastrea levis
German:: Massive Sternchenkoralle
English:: Craterastrea Levis

Category:: Stenkoraller - LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Coscinaraeidae (Family) > Craterastrea (Genus) > levis (Species)
Initial determination:: Head, 1983

Occurrence:: Sudan, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Red Sea, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands)
Size:: up to 15.75" (40 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Zooxanthellae / Light
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

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

More related species in this lexicon:

Craterastrea levis
Massive Sternchenkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-07-28 12:50:54
Last edit:: 2015-07-28 12:50:54

Info

Head, 1983

Very special thanks for the first photo of Craterastrea levis to David Obura, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0).

This species has been found only in the Red Sea and Chagos Archipelago. It occurs only deep on the reef slope in a depth range of 40 to 60 meters.

Color: greyish-brown

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Coscinaraeidae (Family) > Craterastrea (Genus) > Craterastrea levis (Species)

External links

Corals of the Western Indian Ocean (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Systematics of the coral genus Craterastrea (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia) and description of a new family through combined morphological and molecular analyses (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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