WoRMS taxon details
Acropora hyacinthus (Dana, 1846)
AphiaID: 207044
AphiaID: 207044
| 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 pectinia (Brook) Acropora recumbens (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] from synonym: Lemmens, J.W.T.J. (1993). Reef-building corals (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) from the Watamu Marine National Reserve, Kenya; an annotated species list. Zoologische mededelingen 67, 453-465 [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] East Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Indo-West Pacific [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Ecphysarion lobophorum (Humes & Ho, 1968) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Scyphuliger concavipes Humes, 1991 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Scyphuliger eumorphus Humes, 1993 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Scyphuliger manifestus Humes, 1991 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Scyphuliger tenuatus (Humes, 1990) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia anomala Humes & Ho, 1968 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia basilica Humes, 1985 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia breviramea Humes & Dojiri, 1982 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia gerlachi Humes, 1962 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia pectinea Humes & Dojiri, 1982 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia sabiuraensis Misaki, 1978 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia trituberata Humes & Dojiri, 1982 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia tumorisa Misaki, 1978 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Schedomolgus lobophorus (Humes & Ho, 1968) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia basilica Humes, 1985 (parasitic: endoparasitic) Asteropontius brevioris Kim I.H., 2003 (symbiotic: unspecified type) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (157 nucleotides; 20 proteins) To IUCN Red List To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: zooxanthellate [details] Description: This forms large, low, roughly circular tables or semi-circular brackets. It has a fairly variable form, mostly due to its very wide range of habitats. In turbulent water it forms solid, heavy sheets with stunted vertical branchlets (it is found in very rough water), and in sheltered conditions its branchlets become longer, slender and more separate. All intermediate conditions are common. Its branches anastomose strongly such that central portions may be thick, unbroken sheets, especially in exposed locations, where the tables may touch the substrate and form several secondary points of attachment. In all cases, branchlets turn upwards vertically from the upper surface of the tables. They may show elongated axial corallites, or else the branchlet tips may terminate in "rosettes" of calices with no protuberant axial corallite. Both conditions usually occur in the same colonies. This species usually shows emerged, long and waving tentacles during the daytime. This species is commonest in less than 3 or 4 m depth, where it is a very consistent component of the surf zone on exposed reef crests. It shows highest cover values (of over 20%) in the roughest areas. However, it has a very wide distribution, and may be found in clear water and lagoonal areas to 35 m deep (Sheppard, 1998). Colonies are wide, flat tables which are thin and finely structured. Fine upward projecting branchlets have a rosette-like arrangement of radial corallites. Axial corallites are not exsert. Colour: uniform cream, brown or green with or without blue- or pink-growing margins. Abundance: one of the most abundant corals of upper reef slopes and outer reef flats (Veron, 1986). A tabular species with fine branches which project upwards. The radial corallites give the tips a rosette-like appearance. Colonies are often tiered. Colour: often brown. Habitat: reef slopes (Richmond, 1997). [details] Type locality: Type locality: Fiji (Veron, 1986). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207044 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Acropora hyacinthus (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207044 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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