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Genus Stylophora: Schweigger 1819, Finger, Cluster, Brush, Club Coral. Thick branches with wide, rounded tops; conspicuous corallites all over, with septa and columella. This genus' skeleton (coenosteum) has peculiar small spines (spinules) and hooding on the distal (far end) of the corallites that give the whole a fuzzy appearance. Occur as brownish with pale ends, or pink to purplish with white tips.
Conclusion: Due to their abundance in nature, diversity of shape, color, flexibility in adapting to aquarium conditions, ease of propagation by fragmentation, the Pocilloporids for the most part make great reef aquarium livestock. Give them strong lighting, water movement, clean water of sufficient biomineral and alkaline content, the occasional feeding of planktonic foods and you will be richly rewarded. Bibliography/Further Reading: Borneman, Eric H. 2001. Aquarium Corals; Selection, Husbandry and Natural History. Microcosm-TFH NJ, USA. 464 pp. Fossa, Svein A. & Alf Jacob Nilsen. 1998 (1st ed.). The Modern Coral Reef Aquarium, v.2 (Cnidarians). Bergit Schmettkamp Verlag, Borhheim, Germany. 479pp. Hoover, John. 1998. Hawai'i's Sea Creatures. A Guide to Hawai'i's Marine Invertebrates. Mutual Publishing, Honolulu HI. 366pp. Humann, Paul. 1993. Reef Coral Identification; Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas. New World Publications, Inc. Jacksonville, FL. 239pp. Tyree, Steve. 1994. Sexual reproduction and recruitment of the stony coral Pocillopora verrucosa (Ellis and Solander 1786) with discussion of spawning induction techniques. Aquarium Frontiers v1:1 Spr. 94. Veron, J.E.N. 1986. Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. U. of HI press, Honolulu. 644 pp. Veron, J.E.N. 2000. Corals of the World. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Queensland, Australia. three volumes. |
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