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Acropora spicifera (Dana, 1846)

207087  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207087)

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Species
Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acropora (Lepidocyathus) spicifera (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acropora (Polystachys) spicifera (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acropora spicifera abbreviata (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora (Polystachys) spicifera Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora (Polystachys) spicifera var. abbreviata Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora (Polystachys) spicifera var. eucladia Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora spicifera Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Madrepora spicifera var. abbreviata Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora spicifera var. eucladia Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora spicifera var. sinensis Brook, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Subspecies Acropora spicifera abbreviata (Dana, 1846) accepted as Acropora spicifera (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Madrepora spicifera Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]   
Lectotype  (of Madrepora spicifera Dana, 1846) USNM 244,...  
Lectotype (of Madrepora spicifera Dana, 1846) USNM 244, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note Singapore and Fiji (Veron, 1986).  
From other sources
Type locality Singapore and Fiji (Veron, 1986). [details]
Description Colonies are wide, flat plates and tables. Curved, tapered, upward-projecting branchlets have a rosette-like arrangement of...  
Description Colonies are wide, flat plates and tables. Curved, tapered, upward-projecting branchlets have a rosette-like arrangement of redial corallites. Colour: grey, with a broad white border to the plates. Abundance: one of the dominant corals of the upper reef slopes (Veron, 1986). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora spicifera (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207087 on 2024-05-02
Date
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1996-10-25 14:03:33Z
created
2000-09-28 07:24:50Z
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Garcia, Maria
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
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2013-09-22 08:21:59Z
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original description  (of Madrepora spicifera Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]   

original description  (of Madrepora spicifera var. abbreviata Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]   

original description  (of Madrepora spicifera var. eucladia Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]   

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Lemmens, J. W. T. J. (1993). Reef-building corals (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) from the Watamu Marine National Reserve, Kenya; an annotated species list. <em>Zoologische mededelingen.</em> 67: 453-465. [details]   

additional source Hoffmeister, J.E. (1925). Some corals from America Samoa and the Fiji Islands. <em>Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.</em> 22: 1-90, pls. 1-23.
page(s): 55 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 16 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Wells JW. (1955). Recent and subfossil corals of Moreton Bay, Queensland. <em>Queensland. University of Queensland Papers, Department of Geology.</em> 4 (10): 1-18, pls. 1-3.
page(s): 5, 10 [details]   

additional source Umbgrove JHF. (1939). Madreporaria from the Bay of Batavia. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 22: 1-64.
page(s): 8 [details]   

additional source Nemenzo, F. (1967). Systematic studies on Philippine shallow-water scleractinians. VI Suborder Astrocoeniina (Montipora and Acropora). (Part I - Text; Part II - Plates). <em>Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines.</em> 20: 1-141, 143-223.
page(s): 5, 79, 96-97, 196, Pl. XXVII [details]   

additional source Crossland C (1952) Madreporaria, Hydrocorallinae, Heliopora and Tubipora. Scientific Report Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 VI(3): 85-257.
page(s): 88 [details]   

additional source Wallace CC, Done BJ, Muir PR (2012) Revision and catalogue of worldwide staghorn corals Acropora and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Museum of Tropical Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 57: 1-255. [details]   

additional source Verrill AE. (1902). Notes on corals of the genus Acropora (Madrepora Lam.) with new descriptions and figures of types, and of several new species. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 207-266, pls. 36, 36A-F.
page(s): 218, 252 [details]   

additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 26, 57 [details]   

additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216.
page(s): 199 [details]   

additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume I: Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 1, pp. 463.
page(s): 308-309 [details]   

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Molina, M.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Palmyra Atoll coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2002, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2000-2001, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 8]. UNPUBLISHED, UNPUBLISHED [details]   

additional source Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). <em>U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260(I): 385-486.
page(s): 391, 405, 406, 421, 422, pl. 121 [details]   

source of synonymy Sheppard CRC. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 307: 1-32., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.307.1 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Lectotype (of Madrepora spicifera Dana, 1846) USNM 244, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Polystachys) spicifera Dana, 1846) BMNH 81.6.28.8, geounit St. Helena Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Polystachys) spicifera Dana, 1846) BMNH 84.2.26.15, geounit Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Polystachys) spicifera Dana, 1846) BMNH 84.2.26.16, geounit Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Polystachys) spicifera Dana, 1846) BMNH 91.3.6.14, geounit Tongan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Polystachys) spicifera Dana, 1846) BMNH 91.3.6.16, geounit Tongan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora spicifera var. abbreviata Dana, 1846) BMNH, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G33144, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G35826, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G36042, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G37622, geounit Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G37623, geounit Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G37624, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G38043, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G40030, geounit Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G40926, geounit Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G41030, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G41568, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G43820, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G43821, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G43822, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G43823, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G45885, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G45886, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G46943, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G46944, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G46945, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G46988, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G46990, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G46991, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G46992, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G46993, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G46994, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G47008, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G48075, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G49827, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G49828, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50152, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50153, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50154, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50155, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50156, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50157, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50158, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50159, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50160, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50162, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50163, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50164, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50165, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50166, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50168, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50169, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50170, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50171, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50172, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50174, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50176, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50178, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50179, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50180, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50181, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50182, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50183, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50184, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50609, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50610, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50615, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50617, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50732, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50733, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G50780, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G51156, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G51269, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G51538, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G52153, geounit Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G52447, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G52448, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G52449, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G52450, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G52451, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G52452, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G52663, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G53595, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G53738, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G53739, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G53740, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G53741, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G53742, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G53743, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G53744, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G53745, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G54133, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G54313, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G54314, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MSI C-824 [details]
Nontype WAM 131-88, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 179-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 198-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 210-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 323-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 40-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 415-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 438-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 475-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 479-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 49-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 548-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 577-79, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 668-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 669-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 670-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 671-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 672-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 67-72, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 73-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 998-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Madrepora spicifera Dana, 1846) MZUS, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Biology zooxanthellate [details]

Description Colonies are wide, flat plates and tables. Curved, tapered, upward-projecting branchlets have a rosette-like arrangement of redial corallites. Colour: grey, with a broad white border to the plates. Abundance: one of the dominant corals of the upper reef slopes (Veron, 1986). [details]

Type locality Singapore and Fiji (Veron, 1986). [details]
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Japanese クシハダミドリイシ  [details]