Acropora macrostoma Acropora macrostoma

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lexID:: 609
AphiaID:: 207091

Scientific:: Acropora macrostoma
German:: Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Acropora Macrostoma

Category:: Stony Corals SPS
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus) > macrostoma (Species)
Initial determination:: (Dana, ), 1846

Occurrence:: Australia, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Seychelles
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:: 2004-09-10 18:25:55
Last edit:: 2007-05-08 14:48:31

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Acropora macrostoma
Brook, 1891

Similar Species: Acropora microclados, which has exsert, sharp edged, radial corallites. See also A. lamarcki, which has smaller branchlets and less uniform radial corallites and A. ocellata, which has relatively crowded corallites.

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