WoRMS taxon details
Acropora glauca (Brook, 1893)
AphiaID: 207017
AphiaID: 207017
| 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, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Central Indo-Pacific [details] Seychelles [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To IUCN Red List To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: zooxanthellate [details] Description: Colonies are corymbose plates with or without upward branches. Radial corallites have wide openings and thick lips. Colour: brown, cream or green. Abundance: Abundant to rare (Veron, 1986). [details] Type locality: Type locality: "West Australia" (Veron, 1986). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207017 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Acropora glauca (Brook, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207017 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||
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