Acropora pharaonis

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AphiaID:: 207059

Scientific:: Acropora pharaonis
German:: Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Acropora Pharaonis

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

Occurrence:: Irak, Tansania, Djibouti, Jordan, Réunion , Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Somalia, India, Iran, Comores, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan, Eritrea, Quatar, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Israel, Kuwait, Mozambique, Egypten, Fiji, Indiske ocean, Indo Stillehavet, Indonesien, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldiverne, Mauritius , Ny Kaledonien, Rødehavet, Seychellerne, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Vanuatu , Vestlige Stillehav
Size:: bis zu 100cm
Temperature:: 24°C - 26°C
Food:: Fint flagefoder, 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:: 2012-02-04 12:08:08
Last edit:: 2012-02-04 12:08:08

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“From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”

Acropora pharaonis
(Milne Edwards and Haime, 1860)

Characters: Colonies are large horizontal tables or irregular clusters of horizontal or upright interlinked contorted branches. Branches are pointed and have short branchlets which link main branches. Axial corallites are small and incipient axial corallites are abundant giving branches a spiky surface. Radial corallites are appressed, with nariform openings.

Colour: Grey-brown, usually with pale branch tips.

Habitat: Sheltered reef slopes.

Abundance: Common.

Similar species: Acropora clathrata , Acropora parapharaonis , Acropora plumosa

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus) > Acropora pharaonis (Species)

Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic references: Scheer and Pillai (1983), Wallace (1999). Additional identification guide: Sheppard and Sheppard (1991).

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