Acropora divaricata

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Acropora divaricata. Ryukyu Islands, Japan. From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.

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Acropora divericata

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lexID:: 1340
AphiaID:: 207106

Scientific:: Acropora divaricata
German:: kleinpolpypige Steinkoralle
English:: Small Polyp Stone Coral

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

Occurrence:: Lord Howe Island, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Nauru, Houtman Abrolhos (Abrolhos Islands), Wallis and Futuna, Irak, Cambodia, Kuwait, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), Mozambique, Kiribati, Mayotte, Eritrea, India, Vietnam, Iran, Quatar, Sudan, Réunion , Myanmar, Yemen, Tuvalu, Jordan, Tansania, Komodo (Komodo Island), Somalia, Brunei Darussalam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Israel, Amerikansk Samoa, Andamanhavet, Australien, Bahrain, Banggai øer, Egypten, Fiji, Filippinerne, Fransk Polynesien, Great barrier reef, Indiske ocean, Indo Stillehavet, Indonesien, Japan, Kenya, Kina, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldiverne, Marshall øerne, Mauritius , Mikronesien , Ny Kaledonien, Palau, Papua NeuGuinea , Salomonøerne, Samoa, Seychellerne, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syd Afrika, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor, Togian, Tonga, Vanuatu
Sea depth:: 5 - 25 Meter
Size:: bis zu 25cm
Temperature:: 24°C - 27°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:: Near threatened (NT)

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2005-03-18 08:14:51
Last edit:: 2007-09-23 20:32:09

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(Dana, 1846)

Similar Species: Acropora solitaryensis, which has more highly fused basal branches and A. natalensis which forms prostrate colonies. See also A. nasuta and A. stoddarti.

Synonyms:
Acropora stoddarti Pillai & Scheer, 1976
Madrepora divaricata Dana, 1846
Madrepora scabrosa Quelch, 1886
Madrepora tenuispicata Studer, 1880

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus) > Acropora divaricata (Species)

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