Acropora elegans Stony Coral

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Acropora elegans. Philippines. Variation in surface detail. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

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lexID:: 1806
AphiaID:: 288200

Scientific:: Acropora elegans
German:: Elegante Geweihkoralle
English:: Stony Coral

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

Occurrence:: Indonesia, Micronesia, Philippines
Size:: up to 19.69" (50 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Dustfood , 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:: 2006-01-16 07:56:58
Last edit:: 2006-01-16 07:56:58

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Characters: Colonies are flat plates commonly over one metre across and consist of flattened radiating branches that have a ridge along the upper surface. Upright branchlets may cover part or all of the colony surface. Radial corallites are more prevalent on the sides of branches and are mostly absent from the undersurface. Axial and radial corallites intergrade and all corallites are large and tubular.

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