WoRMS taxon details
Acropora cytherea (Dana, 1846) AphiaID: 207095
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus) > Acropora cytherea (Species)
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| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Acropora Oken, 1815 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised names |
Acropora arcuata (Brook, 1892) (synonymy)Acropora armata (Brook, 1892) (synonymy)Acropora corymbosa (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym ?)Acropora cytherella Verrill, 1902 (synonymy)Acropora efflorescens (Dana, 1846) (synonymy)Acropora reticulata (Brook, 1892) (synonymy)Acropora symmetrica (Brook, 1891) (synonymy)Madrepora arcuata Brook, 1892 (synonymy)Madrepora armata Brook, 1892 (synonymy)Madrepora candelabrum Studer, 1877 (synonymy)Madrepora corymbosa Lamarck, 1816 (synonym ?)Madrepora cytherea Dana, 1846 (original combination, basionym)Madrepora efflorescens Dana, 1846 (synonymy)Madrepora reticulata Brook, 1892 (synonymy)Madrepora symettrica Brook, 1891 (synonymy) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description Dana, J.D. 1846. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Zoophytes 7: 1-740. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details] [show all] | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | From other sources
Indian Ocean Chagos [details]Reunion [details]Kenya Kenya [details]Madagascar Madagascar [details]Mozambique Mozambique [details]Red Sea Red Sea [details]Republic of Mauritius Mauritius [details]Rodriguez [details]Seychelles Seychelles [details]South Africa South Africa (country) [details]South Pacific Ocean Indo-West Pacific [details](no group) East Africa [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Lichomolgus lobophorus Humes & Ho, 1968 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Scyphuliger eumorphus Humes, 1993 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Xarifia ablusa Humes & Dojiri, 1982 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Xarifia anomala Humes & Ho, 1968 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Xarifia breviramea Humes & Dojiri, 1982 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Xarifia gerlachi Humes, 1962 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Xarifia linearis Nair, 1983 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Xarifia tenuis Humes, 1962 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Xarifia trituberata Humes & Dojiri, 1982 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Xarifia tumorisa Misaki, 1978 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Xarifia infrequens Humes, 1962 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Schedomolgus crenulatus Kim I.H., 2009 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Asteropontius bilinguis Kim I.H., 2010 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Xarifia gerlachi Humes, 1962 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Xarifia linearis Nair, 1983 [via synonym] (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Xarifia tenuis Humes, 1962 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Ecphysarion lobophorum (Humes & Ho, 1968) (symbiotic: unspecified type)
Scyphuliger pennatus Kim I.H., 2003 [via synonym] (symbiotic: unspecified type)
Scyphuliger pilosus Kim I.H., 2003 [via synonym] (symbiotic: unspecified type)
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| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (122 nucleotides; 3 proteins) To IUCN Red List To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes | From other sources
Biology zooxanthellate [details]Description This species forms horizontal tables. Branches show considerable anastomosing, so that the central portions of tables may become solid plates. Branchlets and elongated axial corallites turn upwards, vertically or at irregular angles, over the entire surface of the table. These are generally more individual and pronounced than in A. hyacinthus. Many branchlets also continue horizontally. The coenosteum is rough, with long cylindrical radial corallites. Branch tips may be very similar to those of A. pharaonis, but the two species are distinguishable by colony shape. This species is common in shallow water to about 20 m depth, but only in areas without strong wave action. It prefers well lit habitats, and is therefore often found in back reef conditions where there are reflective sandy patches (Sheppard, 1998).Colonies are wide flat tables which are thin and finely structured. Fine upward projecting branchlets have exsert axial corallites. Polyps are frequently extended during the day. Colour: Uniform pale cream, brown or blue. Abundance: one of the most abundant corals of upper reef slopes and it may occur in lagoons and lower reef slopes (Veron, 1986). [details] Synonymy Listed as synonym of A. hyacinthus (Dana) according to Fauré (1977). Maybe conspecific with A. hyacinthus in Vines (1986). Type locality: Tahiti (Veron, 1986). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207095 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2014). Acropora cytherea (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207095 on 2015-02-27 | |||||||||||||||||
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