WoRMS taxon details
Seriatopora caliendrum Ehrenberg, 1834
AphiaID: 206969
AphiaID: 206969
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Pocilloporidae (Family) > Seriatopora (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Seriatopora | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Veron, J.E.N. & M. Pichon (1976). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia. Part I. Families Thamnasteriidae, Astroceoniidae, Pocilloporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series. Volume I. [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] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Indo-West Pacific [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Xarifia fimbriata Humes, 1960 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Xarifia reducta Humes, 1962 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia reducta Humes, 1962 (parasitic: endoparasitic) Xarifia umbonata Humes, 1985 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 37 proteins) To IUCN Red List To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: zooxanthellate [details] Description: This species is the less common of the two, but is widely distributed. Branches of Seriatopora caliendrum are usually considerably thicker than those of S. hystrix, and may be fairly straight. Calices commonly have hoods, so that on thicker branched colonies there is a very close resemblance to slender Stylophora pistillata from sheltered water. However, calices of Seriatopora caliendrum run in rows and are oval. It is not a common species, but is found on reef slopes between the surface and 25 m deep. It prefers sheltered water, and is more common on back reef than fore reef areas (Sheppard, 1998). Branches do not taper, they may be widely spaced or compact. Corallites tend to have a Stylophora-like hood. Colour: cream or brown. Abundance: uncommon except on some upper reef slopes (Veron, 1986). [details] Type locality: Type locality: Red Sea (Veron, 1986). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206969 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Seriatopora caliendrum Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206969 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||
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