Acropora chesterfieldensis

Acropora chesterfieldensisis commonly referred to as Stony Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Acropora chesterfieldensis

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lexID:: 2019
AphiaID:: 288191

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

Category:: Sten koraller SPS
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus) > chesterfieldensis (Species)
Initial determination:: Veron & Wallace, 1984

Sea depth:: 3 - 20 Meter
Size:: bis zu 25cm
Temperature:: 24°C - 27°C
Tank:: ~ 200 Liter
Difficulty:: Not for beginners
Offspring:: Possible to breed

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
CITES:: Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country))
Red List:: Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2006-09-02 12:56:31
Last edit:: 2018-02-06 17:43:53

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Acropora chesterfieldensis are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Acropora chesterfieldensis, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Acropora chesterfieldensis, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Characters: Colonies are digitate clumps, sometimes forming large stands. Branches are not tapered and divide irregularly. All corallites are rounded, with thick walls. Axial and incipient axial corallites are large and dome-shaped. Radial corallites are short and appressed.

Similar Species: Acropora ocellata, which has smaller axial corallites and more compact radial corallites. See also A. arabensis which has radiating branches and A. bushyensis which does not have appressed radial corallites

For more Infos blick to Corals of the World

External links

Australian Institute of Marine Species (en). Abgerufen am 19.08.2020.
Corals of the World by Charlie Veron (en). Abgerufen am 19.08.2020.

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maexit
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am 28.06.13#1

Extrem fragil, zeigt die schönsten Farben bei etwas höheren P04 Werten, als in einem normalen SPS-Aquarium mit Werten nahe der Null.

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