WoRMS taxon details
Acropora humilis (Dana, 1846)
AphiaID: 207094
AphiaID: 207094
| 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 calamaria (Brook) Acropora erythraea (Klunzinger) Acropora spectabilis (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 | Chagos [details] East Africa [details] Indo-West Pacific [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Ecphysarion lobophorum (Humes & Ho, 1968) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Scyphuliger tenuatus (Humes, 1990) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia anomala Humes & Ho, 1968 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia longicauda Nair, 1983 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia longicauda Nair, 1983 (parasitic: endoparasitic) Xarifia pectinea Humes & Dojiri, 1982 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia robusta Nair, 1983 (parasitic: endoparasitic) Xarifia trituberata Humes & Dojiri, 1982 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Schedomolgus lobophorus (Humes & Ho, 1968) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (163 nucleotides; 24 proteins) To IUCN Red List To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: zooxanthellate [details] Description: Finger-like branches arising vertically in clumps or from basal plates, fingers up to 3 cm thick. Each tapers to a large axial corallite 5 mm wide. Radial corallites are about 2 mm diameter, have thick lips especially on the lower side, and immersed radials may commonly lie between the protruding ones. This coral is most abundant in the surf zone near reef crests, where it is thick, solid and stunted. Large colonies may cover over a square metre. Deeper colonies have longer branches reaching 10 cm long, but rarely more (Sheppard, 1998). Colonies are corymbose. Branches are thick, tapering to a large axial corallite. Radial corallites are of two sizes, usually in rows. Colour: many colours, but most commonly cream, brown or blue with blue or cream tips. Abundance: sometimes dominant on exposed upper reef slopes and on reef flats (Veron, 1986). Distinctive coral with thick, finger-like branches up to 3 cm in diameter arising from an encrusting or plate-like base. The branches taper to a greatly enlarged terminal corallite. 5 mm in diameter. Radial corallites tend to be of varying length, about 2 mm wide, and occur in rows. Colour: varies, but often brown or creamy with paler tips. Habitat: exposed reefs and reef flats (Richmond, 1997). [details] Type locality: Type locality: Fiji (Veron, 1986). [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207094 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Acropora humilis (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207094 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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