It’s no secret that we hold the uniquely special Hero coral,Turbinaria heronensis,在我们礁石水族馆的特殊地方。这就是为什么它使我们得知我们的好朋友在Carolina Aquatics,我们心爱的供应商Turbinaria bifrons, has landed a very unusual colony of the fabled hero coral.
We know from images documentingt . heronensisin珊瑚s of the World这是英雄珊瑚的主要分支增长形式,但到目前为止,几乎我们所看到的所有殖民地都是镀金和半分支的品种。卡罗来纳州水上运动与我们分享的非常非典型的殖民地是如此的分支,以至于它几乎放弃了任何形式的镀金珊瑚。
This singular colony of T. heronensis looks more or less like the crazy love-child of aTurbinaria heronensis和Duncanopsammia.这就引出了一个问题,树突叶状珊瑚是否有可能在通用的“边界”上杂交?如果是这样的话,这个特殊的珊瑚正是我们想象的是英雄珊瑚和邓肯珊瑚的十字架,看起来像是杂交的。
在我们在珊瑚杂交方面超越自己之前,请务必注意,大多数标本Turbinaria heronensisdocumented in Veron’s books show the mostly arborescent variety, and it’s only in the aquarium trade that Hero corals have been primarily of the plating variety.
We don’t have to be sure of this Hero coral’s place on the tree of life to be certain that it is a prime candidate for aquarium propagation. Compared to the plating hero corals which suggest no dotted line on which to frag and cut them, this branchingt . heronensisis just begging to be fragged like a fuzzy stick Acro, and it’s very likely that this particular coral will see daughter colonies spread far and wide in aquarium circles.