Montipora digitata
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Montipora digitata ( lat. Digitatus = finger-like) is a hard coral (Scleractinia) from the tropical Indo-Pacific . In contrast to the other species of the genus Montipora , which grow more crusty or form leaf-like structures that grow close to the substrate, Montipora digitata grows in abush-like manner and forms thin, porous, blunt-ended branches that easily break off. It is mostly green, but it can also be orange, purple or blue in color. The tips of the growth at the ends of the branches are white.
The latter color forms in particular are very popular with seawater aquarists . Montipora digitata is one of the harder corals that are easier to keep and can easily be artificially reproduced through fragmentation.
literature
- H. Baensch, H. Erhardt: Mergus sea water atlas. Volume 5, Mergus-Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-88244-115-1 .
Web link
- Montipora digitata inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: DeVantier, L., Hodgson, G., Huang, D., Johan, O., Licuanan, A., Obura, D., Sheppard, C., Syahrir, M. & Turak, E., 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2013.