Acropora valenciennesi

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lexID:: 1775
AphiaID:: 206995

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

Category:: Sten koraller SPS
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus) > valenciennesi (Species)
Initial determination:: (Milne Edwards, ), 1860

Occurrence:: Australien, Great barrier reef, Indo Stillehavet, Papua NeuGuinea
Size:: bis zu 30cm
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:: 2005-12-18 18:24:25
Last edit:: 2007-05-08 14:45:04

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Acropora valenciennesi
Milne Edwards and Haime, 1860

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Characters: Colonies may be over 2 metres across and composed of fused cylindrical horizontal branches with upturned pointed ends. Colonies usually have a side attachment. Branches are widely spaced, equidistant and uniform in shape. Radial corallites are uniform, tubular, and neatly aligned along branches.

Similar Species: Acropora hoeksemai. See also A. acuminata, which has smaller, more compact branches and smaller corallites.

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