Acropora schmitti

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lexID:: 2142
AphiaID:: 288245

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

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

Occurrence:: Cook øerne, Fransk Polynesien, Indo Stillehavet
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:: 2007-02-11 17:40:10
Last edit:: 2007-05-08 13:50:54

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Infos from AIMS Website: Characters: Colonies are clumps of irregular branches. Axial corallites intergrade in size with radial corallites. Radial corallites are large, crowded and barrel-shaped.

Similar Species: Acropora brueggemanni, which has smaller, less crowded radial corallites. See also A. chesterfieldensis and A. scherzeriana.

For more Infos click to the Link to the AIMS Website.

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