Acropora vaughani

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lexID:: 1515
AphiaID:: 288262

Scientific:: Acropora vaughani
German:: Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Stony Coral

Category:: Sten koraller SPS
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus) > vaughani (Species)
Initial determination:: Wells, 1954

Occurrence:: Australien, Great barrier reef, Papua NeuGuinea , Samoa
Size:: bis zu 25cm
Temperature:: 24°C - 27°C
Food:: Plankton, Zooxantheller/Lys
Tank:: ~ 200 Liter
Difficulty:: Not for beginners

CITES:: Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country))

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2005-05-22 14:36:46
Last edit:: 2007-05-08 14:44:52

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Acropora vaughani
Wells, 1954

Similar Species: Acropora horrida. See also A. austera, which may have a similar colony shape but has larger, more compact radial corallites. See also A. tortuosa. and A. rufus.

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