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Acropora Loripes
AdvancedAcropora loripes
An Acropora with a wide range of growth forms, making heads, plate-like layers or bottlebrush shapes. Its tubular radial corallites are so crowded that they often touch. The type locality is the Great Barrier Reef.
Difficulty
Advanced
Temperature
24〜27℃
Size
Branchlets 5-12 mm wide and up to 45 mm long
Diet
Mainly nutrition from symbiotic zooxanthellae, supplemented with powdered or liquid coral foods and phytoplankton.
About
Acropora loripes is a branching colonial stony coral of the tropical Indo-Pacific, ranging from the Red Sea to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia; its type locality is the Great Barrier Reef. It grows subtidally at depths of 5-25 m on upper reef slopes and reef flats. Growth form is varied: colonies may form heads or plate-like layers, and sometimes carry stalks that make them resemble bottlebrushes. Branchlets are 5-12 mm wide and up to 45 mm long, sometimes with naked tips; below these sit axial corallites about 3 mm across and large tubular radial corallites crowded closely enough to touch. It is zooxanthellate, and the yellowish-brown colour of the colony comes from those symbionts together with tissue pigments. On the Great Barrier Reef, colonies spawn five or six days after the full moon in November and December. The IUCN assessed it as Endangered in 2023 and it is listed on CITES Appendix II.
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Size of the Acropora Loripes
The Acropora Loripes grows to Branchlets 5-12 mm wide and up to 45 mm long.
Temperature & humidity for the Acropora Loripes
The ideal temperature for the Acropora Loripes is 24〜27℃.
Basic Info
Origin
Tropical Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia
Size
Branchlets 5-12 mm wide and up to 45 mm long
Temperature
24〜27℃
Care Specifications
- Carbonate (KH)
- 8–12 dKH
- Water Temp.
- 24–27℃
- Specific Gravity
- 1.023–1.025
- Salinity
- 33–35 ppt
- Calcium (Ca)
- 380–440 ppm
- Magnesium (Mg)
- 1300–1400 ppm
SPSLight: High (PAR>150)Flow: HighPlacement: Top
Sources: LiveAquaria (Acropora valida) / LiveAquaria (Assorted Acropora Coral) / AlgaeBarn: A Quick Guide to LPS and SPS /
References & Sources
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The taxonomic, regulatory, and husbandry data on this page are compiled and verified against the authoritative primary sources below.
Taxonomy & Authority
Accepted name: Acropora loripes (Brook, 1892)
Synonyms: Acropora rosaria (Dana, 1846), Acropora dumosa (Brook, 1893), Acropora murrayensis (Vaughan, 1918)
Authority databases: WoRMS
Nomenclature follows global taxonomic authority databases.
Regulations & Conservation Status
CITES Appendix IIIUCN EN · Endangered
Domestic law: Collecting in Japanese waters is governed by each prefecture's fisheries adjustment regulations, which differ by prefecture. Okinawa Prefecture's regulations ban the collection of reef-building corals, including stony corals (Scleractinia), organ-pipe corals (Tubiporidae) and blue coral (Helioporacea); this covers corals naturally attached to quays or ropes, broken fragments lying on the seabed, and skeletons. Possessing or selling illegally collected corals is also banned. Cultured corals are exempt, and the prefecture advises buyers to confirm that a coral is cultured, on an artificial base or tagged.
Sources: CITES Appendix II (Scleractinia spp. listed as an order) / IUCN Red List (via SeaLifeBase)
Regulations may change. Always verify the latest information with the relevant authorities.
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