Acropora exquisita

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lexID:: 1664
AphiaID:: 288202

Scientific:: Acropora exquisita
German:: Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Stony Corals

Category:: Sten koraller SPS
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus) > exquisita (Species)
Initial determination:: Nemenzo, 1971

Occurrence:: East China Sea, Kiribati, Nauru, Vietnam, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, Tuvalu, Andamanhavet, Australien, Centrale stillehav, Fiji, Filippinerne, Indo Stillehavet, Indonesien, Japan, Juleøerne, Malaysia, Marshall øerne, Mikronesien , Ny Kaledonien, Palau, Papua NeuGuinea , Salomonøerne, Singapore, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu
Sea depth:: 2 - 20 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:: Data deficient (DD)

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2005-10-18 21:03:30
Last edit:: 2019-09-07 21:47:31

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

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Characters: Colonies are compact thickets of variable shape, with delicate upright branches. Sub-branches are mostly perpendicular to main branches. Axial corallites are very exsert.

Similar Species: Acropora microphthalma and A. copiosa, which have coarser branches and larger corallites. See also A. parilis, A. pectinatus, A. kirstyae and A. gomezi.

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