Acropora nasuta

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lexID:: 1323

Scientific:: Acropora nasuta
German:: Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Branching staghorn coral

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

Occurrence:: Djibouti, New South Wales, the Society Islands, Tuvalu, India, Wallis and Futuna, Quatar, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Réunion , Austral Islands, Chile, Tansania, Nauru, Northern Territory, Iran, Jordan, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Comores, Mozambique, Eritrea, Niue, Yemen, Wake Atoll, Saudi Arabia, Mayotte, East China Sea, Israel, Western Australia, Cambodia, Kuwait, Somalia, the Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), Myanmar, Tokelau, Northern Mariana Islands, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Irak, Vietnam, Kiribati, Sudan, Adenske golf, Amerikansk Samoa, Andamanhavet, Arabiske hav, Australien, Bahrain, Banggai øer, Britisk indiske Ocean territorium, Centrale stillehav, Cook øerne, Fiji, Filippinerne, Flores, Fransk Polynesien, Great barrier reef, Guam, Indiske ocean, Japan, Johnston Atollen, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldiverne, Marshall øerne, Mauritius , Mikronesien , Ny Kaledonien, Palau, Papua NeuGuinea , Påskeøen, Pitcairns øgruppen, Queensland, Rodrigues, Ryukyu øerne, Rødehavet, Salomonøerne, Samoa, Seychellerne, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Syd Afrika, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor, Togian, Tonga, Tuamotuøerne, Vanuatu , Vestlige Stillehav
Sea depth:: 3 - 15 Meter
Size:: bis zu 20cm
Temperature:: 24°C - 27°C
Food:: Dissolved organic substances, Dissolved inorganic substances, Plankton, Zooxantheller/Lys
Tank:: ~ 200 Liter
Difficulty:: ikke en nybegynder kæledyr
Offspring:: Easy 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)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2005-03-08 00:03:33
Last edit:: 2019-03-22 21:55:10

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Acropora nasuta
Dana, 1846

Similar Species: Acropora cerealis, which has interlocking branches and radial corallites with flaring lips. Acropora valida has appressed radial corallites. See also A. latistella and A. subulata, which have smaller branchlets and corallites.

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nilo77 am 21.06.09#1

Halte diese Koralle nunmehr seit 4 Wochen - ohne Probleme.
Sehr schön anzusehen.
Mein Exemplar ist leuchtend rot/violett.

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