WoRMS taxon details
Acropora florida (Dana, 1846)
AphiaID: 207058
AphiaID: 207058
| 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 gravida (Dana) | |||||||||||||
| 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 | Chagos [details] East Africa [details] Indo-West Pacific [details] Kenya [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] South Africa (country) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Xarifia pectinea Humes & Dojiri, 1982 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 2 proteins) To IUCN Red List To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: zooxanthellate [details] Description: Branches are thick and most colonies contain mixtures of upright branches and horizontal branches, sometimes on a large, encrusting and sprawling base. The branches are covered with small incipient branchlets which have the appearance of small knobs. Colours of the living coral are usually greenish (Sheppard, 1998). Colonies consist of thick upright or prostrate branches covered with short stubby branches covered with short stubby branchlets. Corallites are of even size and distribution. Colour: usually pinkish-brown, occasionally green (east Australia), bright green (west Australia). Abundance: common, may occur in any Acropora assemblage. Colonies in turbid water may attain great sizes (over 15 m) (Veron, 1986). [details] Type locality: Type locality: Fiji (Veron, 1986). [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207058 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Acropora florida (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207058 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||
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