Acropora austera

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Acropora austera
Die Acropora austera wächst baumartig mit kompakten Hauptästen, welche sich voneinander wegkrümmen. Vom Hauptast gehen sehr viele kleine Zweige weg. Sie wird sehr häufig mit Acropora florida verwechselt.
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lexID:: 1320
AphiaID:: 207052

Scientific:: Acropora austera
German:: Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Stony Coral, Staghorn Coral

Category:: Sten koraller SPS
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus) > austera (Species)
Initial determination:: (Dana, ), 1846

Occurrence:: Yemen, Wallis and Futuna, Réunion , Nauru, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), Israel, Kiribati, Mozambique, Eastern Indian Ocean, Eritrea, Tuvalu, Jordan, Mayotte, Tokelau, Vietnam, Comores, Myanmar, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Cambodia, Niue, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, India, Adenske golf, Amerikansk Samoa, Andamanhavet, Australien, Cook øerne, Egypten, Fiji, Filippinerne, Fransk Polynesien, Indiske ocean, Indonesien, Japan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldiverne, Marshall øerne, Mauritius , Mikronesien , Ny Kaledonien, Palau, Papua NeuGuinea , Pitcairns øgruppen, Ryukyu øerne, Rødehavet, Salomonøerne, Samoa, Seychellerne, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu
Sea depth:: 1 - 20 Meter
Size:: bis zu 25cm
Temperature:: 24°C - 27°C
Food:: Dissolved organic substances, Dissolved inorganic substances, Plankton, Zooxantheller/Lys
Tank:: ~ 200 Liter
Difficulty:: Not for beginners
Offspring:: Possible to breed

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
CITES:: Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country))
Red List:: Near threatened (NT)

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2005-03-07 23:45:28
Last edit:: 2019-02-28 19:30:54

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Acropora austera are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Acropora austera, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Acropora austera, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Similar Species: Acropora austera does not closely resemble any other species but its wide range of growth-forms sometimes makes it difficult to identify. See A. florida, A. wallaceae and A. lovelli.

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