Acropora striata Stony corals

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lexID:: 1678
AphiaID:: 207081

Scientific:: Acropora striata
German:: Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Stony Corals

Category:: Stony Corals SPS
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus) > striata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Verrill, ), 1866

Occurrence:: Indonesia, Japan
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
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:: 2005-10-19 22:00:21
Last edit:: 2007-05-08 13:57:22

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Acropora striata
Verrill, 1866

Info from AIMS:
Characters: Colonies consist of dense thickets of short cylindrical branches which may form extensive stands. Axial corallites are small. Radial corallites are irregular in size and shape; exsert corallites have prominent lower lips.
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