Acropora longicyathus Stony Coral

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lexID:: 1978
AphiaID:: 207114

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

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

Occurrence:: Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Indo Pacific, Philippines
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 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:: 2006-07-23 16:04:46
Last edit:: 2007-05-08 14:47:42

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Characters: Colonies are subarborescent, with bottlebrush branches where upright main branches sometimes form clumps. Axial and incipient axial corallites may be indistinguishable. Radial corallites are appressed. All corallites have thick walls with round openings.

Similar Species: Acropora navini. See also A. carduus and bottlebrush forms of A. loripes

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