Acropora prolifera Fused staghorn coral

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lexID:: 5245
AphiaID:: 288235

Scientific:: Acropora prolifera
German:: Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Fused Staghorn Coral

Category:: Stony Corals SPS
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus) > prolifera (Species)
Initial determination:: (Lamarck, ), 1816

Occurrence:: Barbados, Belize, Canada , Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean
Size:: up to 47.24" (120 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 219.98 gal (~ 1000L)
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
Offspring:: Possible to breed

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
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:: 2013-04-10 20:27:55
Last edit:: 2013-04-10 20:27:55

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Acropora prolifera are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Acropora prolifera, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Acropora prolifera, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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(Lamarck, 1816)

Characters: Colonies are branching with compact, horizontally spread sub-branches occurring towards the extremities of main branches. Axial corallites are elongate. Radial corallites are tubular and irregular in length.

Colour: Tan or pale brown with white branch tips.

Habitat: Very shallow reef slopes and lagoon margins.

Abundance: Uncommon.

Similar species: Acropora cervicornis , Acropora palmata

Text source: Corals of the World by Charlie J.E.N. Veron

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