Acropora multiacuta

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lexID:: 2395
AphiaID:: 288225

Scientific:: Acropora multiacuta
German:: Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Acropora Multiacuta

Category:: Sten koraller SPS
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus) > multiacuta (Species)
Initial determination:: Nemenzo, 1967

Occurrence:: Myanmar, India, Raja Amat, Australien, Filippinerne, Great barrier reef, Indiske ocean, Indonesien, Malaysia, Palau, Papua NeuGuinea , Salomonøerne, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand
Sea depth:: 3 - 15 Meter
Size:: bis zu 25cm
Temperature:: 24°C - 27°C
Food:: 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:: Vulnerable (VU)

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2007-11-13 19:16:35
Last edit:: 2018-07-27 07:42:13

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

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Acropora multiacuta
Nemenzo, 1967

Colonies are thickets or small clumps with branches consisting primarily of extremely long tapered axial corallites. Incipient axial corallites forming branchlets occur at the base of the main axial corallites.

Similar Species: Acropora suharsonoi, which has more elongate corallites and forms larger, corymbose, colonies. See also A. fastigata.

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