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title: "Northern Star Coral"
description: "Astrangia poculata — Weitere Tiere. Astrangia poculata, the northern star coral or northern cup coral, is a species of non-reefbuilding stony coral in the family Rhizangiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/northern-star-coral
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Star Coral

> Astrangia poculata — Weitere Tiere. Astrangia poculata, the northern star coral or northern cup coral, is a species of non-reefbuilding stony coral in the family Rhizangiidae.

- Scientific name: *Astrangia poculata*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 1677
- Wikidata: [Q3943800](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3943800)
- iNaturalist taxon: [94745](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/94745)

## Names

- en: Northern Star Coral

## Countries with the most observations

US (1090)

## Summary

Astrangia poculata, the northern star coral or northern cup coral, is a species of non-reefbuilding stony coral in the family Rhizangiidae. It is native to shallow water in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The International Union for Conservation of Nature  lists this coral as being of "least concern". Astrangia poculata is an emerging experimental and model organism for corals because it harbors a facultative photosymbiosis, is a calcifying coral, and has a large geographic range. Research on this emerging experimental system is showcased bi-annually by the Temperate Coral Research Working Group…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrangia_poculata

## Photo

![Northern Star Coral](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-star-coral/medium.jpg)

Photo: andrew2285 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256406798

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-star-coral?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).