Acropora retusa

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lexID:: 1905
AphiaID:: 430653

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

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

Occurrence:: Madagascar, Syd Afrika
Size:: bis zu 20cm
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:: 2006-04-09 14:30:34
Last edit:: 2007-05-08 14:01:21

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Acropora retusa
Dana, 1846

Infos from AIMS:
Characters: Colonies are flat plates with short thick digitate branchlets. Corallites have thick rounded walls and wide openings. Axial corallites are indistinct. Radial corallites are appressed, becoming nariform near branch ends.
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