WoRMS taxon details
Acropora nobilis (Dana, 1846)
AphiaID: 207090
AphiaID: 207090
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | East Africa [details] Indo-West Pacific [details] Red Sea [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 9 proteins) To IUCN Red List To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: zooxanthellate [details] Description: Colonies are small bushes, tending towards developing small tables. Branches are slender. Radial corallites range from being relatively long and slender, often arranged in neat rows, or may be strongly appressed. Axial corallites may be no larger than the radials, or noticeably larger, both features occurring on the same colonies. The corals are cream to brown. This is a very common coral, though it is small and not conspicuous. It is found in a wide range of habitats, but not in rough water (Sheppard, 1998). Colonies are arborescent, usually staghorn-like. Radial corallites are of mixed sizes and shapes and are similar to those of A. robusta and A. danai. Colour: cream, brown, blue, yellow and green. Individual colonies are uniform in colour except for the branch ends which are pale. Abundance: very common in deep sandy lagoons where extensive monospecific stands frequently occur. Also common on upper reef slopes (Veron, 1986). [details] Type locality: Singapore (Veron, 1986). [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207090 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Acropora nobilis (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207090 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||
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