Acropora speciosa staghorn coral

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AphiaID:: 430655

Scientific:: Acropora speciosa
German:: Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Staghorn Coral

Category:: Stony Corals SPS
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus) > speciosa (Species)
Initial determination:: (Quelch, ), 1886

Occurrence:: American Samoa, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cook Islands, Fiji, Flores, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna
Sea depth:: 3 - 35 Meter
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Plankton
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
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:: 2004-09-02 22:58:34
Last edit:: 2019-11-20 21:02:15

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

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Similar Species: Acropora echinata, which has smaller corallites and does not form compact cushions. See also A. granulosa.

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