WoRMS taxon details
Seriatopora hystrix Dana, 1846
AphiaID: 206973
AphiaID: 206973
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Seriatopora angulata Klunzinger, 1879 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Veron, J.E.N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers, London. [details] 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] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] East Africa [details] Indo-West Pacific [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Isomolgus desmotes Dojiri, 1988 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Xarifia eminula Humes, 1985 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia eminula Humes, 1985 (parasitic: endoparasitic) Xarifia levis Humes, 1985 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia levis Humes, 1985 (parasitic: endoparasitic) Xarifia umbonata Humes, 1985 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia varilabrata Humes, 1985 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia varilabrata Humes, 1985 (parasitic: endoparasitic) Anchimolgus tenuipes Kim I.H., 2003 (symbiotic: unspecified type) Anchimolgus noumensis Kim I.H., 2003 (symbiotic: unspecified type) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (800 nucleotides; 346 proteins) To IUCN Red List To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: zooxanthellate [details] Description: Colonies are small bushes or tangles of thin branches up to about 25 cm across on fore-reef slopes. In sheltered, sedimented or lagoonal areas, however, colonies reach 1 m across. Branches are usually 1-4 mm thick and are sharply pointed and fragile. The linear alignment of calices is very noticeable, and calices are markedly oval in most cases. S. hystrix occurs over a wide range of depths, but is particularly abundant in shallow water in sheltered conditions. It is most abundant in back reef of lagoonal areas where colonies can cover up to 30% of the substrate (Sheppard, 1998). Branches are tapered to a point; they may be either widely spaced or compact. Colour: cream, blue or pink. Abundance: common in all shallow reefal environments (Veron, 1986). Easily recognisable. Fine branches (1.5-4.5 cm thick) with tapering tips; corallites (up to 1.5 mm across) in neat rows, slightly hooded. Forms compact shrub-like colonies. Colour: delicately coloured in cream, blue or pink. Habitat: shallow outer reef areas and sheltered inner algal and seagreas beds (Richmond, 1997); rocks (Kalk, 1959). [details] Type locality: Type locality: Red Sea (Veron, 1986). [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206973 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Seriatopora hystrix Dana, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206973 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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