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Acanthastrea minuta Acanthastrea minuta

Acanthastrea minutais commonly referred to as Acanthastrea minuta . Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
1852 
AphiaID:
288882 
Scientific:
Acanthastrea minuta 
German:
Großpolypige Steinkoralle 
English:
Acanthastrea Minuta  
Category:
Stony Corals LPS 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Acanthastrea (Genus) > minuta (Species) 
Initial determination:
Moll & Best, 1984 
Occurrence:
Hong Kong, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
1 - 30 Meter 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
78.8 °F - 84.2 °F (26°C - 29°C) 
Food:
Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
33 gal (~ 150L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Red List:
Near threatened (NT) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2018-02-03 14:58:50 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Infos from AIMS: Characters: Colonies are massive, cerioid, with circular corallites 5-6 millimetres diameter. Walls are thick. Septa are beaded and columellae are poorly developed. Colonies do not have thick fleshy tissue over the skeleton.

Synonym: Micromussa minuta

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Acanthastrea (Genus) > Acanthastrea minuta (Species)

External links

  1. Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.05.2023.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.05.2023.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.05.2023.

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