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Acropora gemmifera (Brook, 1892) 
AphiaID: 207097

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]

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, terrestrial
Distribution Indo-West Pacific [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Somalia [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (45 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: zooxanthellate [details]

Description: Colonies are digitate to corymbose, branches are thick, tapering to a small axial corallite. Radial corallites are of two sizes, usually in rows. Large-sized corallites increase in length towards branch bases. Colour: usually blue, cream or brown, with blue or white branch tips. Abundance: common on exposed upper reef slopes and on reef flats (Veron, 1986).
Riegl (1995) describes the species as widespread, so it is probable that the distribution list is far from complete. [details]

Type locality: Type locality: Great Barrier Reef (Veron, 1986). [details]
Image 
Acropora gemmifera
Acropora gemmifera
added on 2011-11-01 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207097
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1998-06-02 12:05:09Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-28 07:24:50Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  changed  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Acropora gemmifera (Brook, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207097 on 2013-06-20
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