Acropora microphthalma

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lexID:: 1322
AphiaID:: 207046

Scientific:: Acropora microphthalma
German:: Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Small Staghorn Species

Category:: Sten koraller SPS
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus) > microphthalma (Species)
Initial determination:: (Verrill, ), 1870

Occurrence:: Mozambique, Djibouti, India, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Jordan, Réunion , Mayotte, Saudi Arabia, Chile, Israel, Wallis and Futuna, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, Myanmar, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, Tuvalu, Yemen, Comores, Nauru, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), Tokelau, Vietnam, Kiribati, Amerikansk Samoa, Australien, Cook øerne, Egypten, Fiji, Filippinerne, Fransk Polynesien, Guam, Indiske ocean, Indonesien, Juleøerne, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall øerne, Mauritius , Mikronesien , Palau, Pitcairns øgruppen, Salomonøerne, Samoa, Seychellerne, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syd Afrika, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu
Sea depth:: 5 - 25 Meter
Size:: bis zu 25cm
Temperature:: 24°C - 28°C
Food:: Plankton, Zooxantheller/Lys
Tank:: ~ 200 Liter
Difficulty:: Not for beginners
Offspring:: Easy to breed

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
CITES:: Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country))
Red List:: Least concern (LC)

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2005-03-07 23:57:15
Last edit:: 2019-09-07 21:51:17

Captive breeding / propagation

Acropora microphthalma is easy to breed. There are offspring in the trade available. If you are interested in Acropora microphthalma, please contact us at Your dealer for a progeny instead of a wildcat. You help to protect the natural stocks.

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Similar Species: Acropora microphthalma is readily confused with other Acropora if these develop staghorn-like growth-forms. It is closest to A. copiosa and sturdy forms of A. parilis, the latter being distinguished by having widely spaced, elongate radial corallites. See also A. horrida, A. vaughani and A. exquisita.

Synonym: Acropora inermis (Brook, 1891)

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