Acropora microcladosis a wide ranging species of stony coral that is better known to aquarists via the “Strawberry Shortcake”. However, last month while diving all around Kwajalein Atoll we came across a striking new strain of this iconic coral which we nicknamed the “Ebeye Special” in honor of the locals who supported our diving adventure.
The Ebeye Special Acro develops into a horizontal pillow shape colony like its酥饼counterpart, but it’s the color palette of the Ebeye Special which will really grab your attention. While the now-classic Strawberry Shortcake is a yellow coral with reddish pink corallites, the Ebeye Special tends toward being a brilliant red color with fluorescent green corallites, and fantastic blue growth margin.
这个Ebeye的特殊变体A. microclados展示了一系列颜色,从完全三色,大多是蓝色的带有绿色珊瑚岩的蓝色,再到具有足够鲜艳的颜色的全红色菌株,足以与红色的星球acro相提并论。我们可以看到SPS的爱好者收集了Ebeye特别的三种菌株,并将它们共同成长,但这最终将取决于是否曾经从Kwajalein出口养殖珊瑚。
As you may have gathered from ourKwajalein travelogue, we’ve seen many incredible new corals and strains during our diving in this region of Micronesia. While we are excited about the oddballs like the Red Devil Acro andAcropora rongelapensisthe Ebeye Special Acro was certainly one of the most beautiful corals we “discovered” so hopefully it can help to generate momentum in the creation and development of a proposed coral farm in Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands.