WoRMS taxon details
Acropora cerealis (Dana, 1846)
AphiaID: 207016
AphiaID: 207016
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Acropora Oken, 1815 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Acropora tizardi (Brook) | |||||||||||||
| 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] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Indo-West Pacific [details] Kenya [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 6 proteins) To IUCN Red List To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: zooxanthellate [details] Description: Colonies are caespitose or corymbose, composed of highly anastomosed branches which are thin, with most of their width occupied by corallites. Colour: mostly pale brown, cream or white, with purple, pink, blue or cream branch tips. Abundance: abundant on upper reef slopes (Veron, 1986). [details] Type locality: Type locality: Sulu Sea (Veron, 1986). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207016 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Acropora cerealis (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207016 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||||
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