Palauastrea Ramosa是我们一直想知道在书籍中看到它的那些Bizzar-o珊瑚之一,并且从未真正享受礁石水族馆现场的任何曝光。值得庆幸的是,最近几次前往珊瑚三角旅行,帮助我们面对面(或息肉面对面),这款非常奇特的小息肉石质石珊瑚。
在海洋水族馆业余爱好中没有现实世界的露面,水族馆书籍都没有讨论或提及Palauastrea Ramosa,,,,the only species in this oddball genus.palauastreahas gone back and forth between thePocilloporidaeandAstrocoeniidae但是就水族手而言,足以说palauastrea与玛德拉西斯,,,,Stylocoeniella,Pocillopora,SeriatoporaandStylophora。
在远处,palauastrea殖民地看起来几乎与孔子圆柱形。However,,,,当近距离观察时,米色到浅棕色的树枝P. Ramosa看起来与众不同,有更多的施加和肉质的息肉,使这种珊瑚看起来像是在poritesandStylophora。
另一个有趣的说明palauastrea是它具有异常坚固且密集的骨骼。在收集标本中的同时manbext客户端,,,,we went to snap off a branch like we would for aporitesor an Acro, but it really took a hammer and chisel and afew strikesto separate it a single branch from the main colony.
尽管实际上是一个罕见的珊瑚,但在礁石和水族馆中palauastrea不会赢得任何受欢迎的比赛。P. Ramosais really a coral for the connoisseurs who want to try to grow something unique and different, but since we have very limited experience with this genus and species, there’s no telling how fast we’ll be able to grow it, and how well it will be able to spread in the coral reef hobby.
Seeing this coral in person and bringing a couple pieces back to the U.S. to grow in an aquarium was a real treat, and we hope to bring more attention to this and other unknown coral species in the future.