WoRMS taxon details
Pocillopora eydouxi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860
AphiaID: 206958
AphiaID: 206958
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Pocilloporidae (Family) > Pocillopora (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Pocillopora Lamarck | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Pocillopora grandis Dana, 1846 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Veron, J.E.N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers, London. [details] basis of record: Sheppard, C.R.C. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. Atoll Research Bulletin Nr 307 [details] additional source: S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land, update Oct. 2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Cairns, S.D., 2009. Stylasteridae, Scleractinia (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] East Africa [details] Indo-Pacific [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Xarifia comata Humes, 1962 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Xarifia fimbriata Humes, 1960 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia jugalis Humes, 1985 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia maldivensis Humes, 1960 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia maldivensis Humes, 1960 (parasitic: endoparasitic) Xarifia sectilis Humes, 1985 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 55 proteins) To IUCN Red List To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: zooxanthellate [details] Description: A large, stoutly branched Pocillopora, whose branches are generally considerably larger than the other species of this genus in the Indian Ocean. Branches are flattened to keel shaped, branching occasionally and irregularly. On the branches, the verrucae are regularly spaced on all sides (Sheppard, 1998). Colonies are composed of stout, upright, flattened branches. They may be widely separated, or compact, especially where currents are strong. Colour: pale to dark green or brown. Abundance: Common, especially on exposed reef fronts and where currents are strong. May form mono-specific stands of several metres in diameter (Veron, 1986). [details] Type locality: Type locality: "Pacific Ocean" (Veron, 1986). [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206958 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Pocillopora eydouxi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206958 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||||||||
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