WoRMS taxon details
Acropora clathrata (Brook, 1891)
207075 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207075)
accepted
Species
Acropora complanata (Brook, 1891) (synonymy)
Acropora orbicularis (Brook, 1892) (synonymy)
Acropora vasiformis (Brook, 1893) (synonymy)
Madrepora (Eumadrepora) clathrata Brook, 1891 (previous combination)
Madrepora clathrata Brook, 1891 (original combination, basionym)
Madrepora complanata Brook, 1891 (synonymy)
Madrepora orbicularis Brook, 1892 (synonymy)
Madrepora vasiformis Brook, 1893 (synonymy)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Madrepora clathrata Brook, 1891) Brook G (1891) Descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8: 458-471. [details]
Note Mauritius (Veron, 1986).
From other sources
Type locality Mauritius (Veron, 1986). [details]
Description This species forms horizontal tables, often with additional whorls and plates. The branchlets anastomose strongly, so that...
Description This species forms horizontal tables, often with additional whorls and plates. The branchlets anastomose strongly, so that the central portions of tables may become solid plates. Branchlets almost never turn upwards, but remain in the plane of the plate. Radial corallites are noticeably rounded and more smooth than in Acropora cytherea. This species is widespread but usually not as abundant as the tabular species A. hyacinthus and A. cytherea. It prefers clear but sheltered areas (Sheppard, 1998 ).
Colonies are tables with generally horizontal radiating, anastomosing branches which may form an almost solid plate. There is usually no development of vertical branches. Colour: brown or green, often with pale margins. Abundance: common on upper reef slopes, back reef margins and fringing reefs (Veron, 1986).
Generally tabular in form. Branches radiate outwards and rejoin, partially forming a solid plate or table supported by an upright holdfast. Colonies rarely tiered. Colour: usually brown. Habitat: reef slopes (Richmond, 1997). [details]
Colonies are tables with generally horizontal radiating, anastomosing branches which may form an almost solid plate. There is usually no development of vertical branches. Colour: brown or green, often with pale margins. Abundance: common on upper reef slopes, back reef margins and fringing reefs (Veron, 1986).
Generally tabular in form. Branches radiate outwards and rejoin, partially forming a solid plate or table supported by an upright holdfast. Colonies rarely tiered. Colour: usually brown. Habitat: reef slopes (Richmond, 1997). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2021). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora clathrata (Brook, 1891). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207075 on 2021-01-28
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original description
(of Madrepora clathrata Brook, 1891) Brook G (1891) Descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8: 458-471. [details]
original description (of Madrepora complanata Brook, 1891) Brook G (1891) Descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8: 458-471. [details]
original description (of Madrepora orbicularis Brook, 1892) Brook G (1892) Preliminary descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Part II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10: 451-465. [details]
original description (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) vasiformis Brook, 1893) Brook G (1893). The genus Madrepora. Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History) 1: 1-212, pls. 1-35. [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [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 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]
additional source Wijsman-Best M, Faure G, Pichon M. (1980). Contribution to the knowledge of the stony corals from the Seychelles and Eastern Africa. <em>Revue Zoologique Africaine.</em> 3: 600-627, pls. 9-`12. [details]
additional source Wallace, CC. (1999). Staghorn corals of the world: a revision of the coral genus Acropora (Scleractinia; Astrocoeniina; Acroporidae) worldwide, with emphasis on morphology, phylogeny and biogeography. CSIRO, Collingwood (Australia). pp i-xvii, 1-421. [details]
additional source Cairns SD, Hoeksema BW, van der Land J. (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
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original description (of Madrepora complanata Brook, 1891) Brook G (1891) Descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8: 458-471. [details]
original description (of Madrepora orbicularis Brook, 1892) Brook G (1892) Preliminary descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Part II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10: 451-465. [details]
original description (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) vasiformis Brook, 1893) Brook G (1893). The genus Madrepora. Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History) 1: 1-212, pls. 1-35. [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [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 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]
additional source Wijsman-Best M, Faure G, Pichon M. (1980). Contribution to the knowledge of the stony corals from the Seychelles and Eastern Africa. <em>Revue Zoologique Africaine.</em> 3: 600-627, pls. 9-`12. [details]
additional source Wallace, CC. (1999). Staghorn corals of the world: a revision of the coral genus Acropora (Scleractinia; Astrocoeniina; Acroporidae) worldwide, with emphasis on morphology, phylogeny and biogeography. CSIRO, Collingwood (Australia). pp i-xvii, 1-421. [details]
additional source Cairns SD, Hoeksema BW, van der Land J. (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
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Biology zooxanthellate [details]Description This species forms horizontal tables, often with additional whorls and plates. The branchlets anastomose strongly, so that the central portions of tables may become solid plates. Branchlets almost never turn upwards, but remain in the plane of the plate. Radial corallites are noticeably rounded and more smooth than in Acropora cytherea. This species is widespread but usually not as abundant as the tabular species A. hyacinthus and A. cytherea. It prefers clear but sheltered areas (Sheppard, 1998 ).
Colonies are tables with generally horizontal radiating, anastomosing branches which may form an almost solid plate. There is usually no development of vertical branches. Colour: brown or green, often with pale margins. Abundance: common on upper reef slopes, back reef margins and fringing reefs (Veron, 1986).
Generally tabular in form. Branches radiate outwards and rejoin, partially forming a solid plate or table supported by an upright holdfast. Colonies rarely tiered. Colour: usually brown. Habitat: reef slopes (Richmond, 1997). [details]
Type locality Mauritius (Veron, 1986). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | plate coral | [details] |
| German | Plattenkoralle | [details] |
| Japanese | サンボウミドリイシ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Madrepora complanata Brook, 1891)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Acropora orbicularis (Brook, 1892))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Madrepora orbicularis Brook, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Madrepora clathrata Brook, 1891)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Acropora orbicularis (Brook, 1892))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 81520 topview)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 81565 topview)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Madrepora complanata Brook, 1891)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Acropora orbicularis (Brook, 1892))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Madrepora orbicularis Brook, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Madrepora clathrata Brook, 1891)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Acropora orbicularis (Brook, 1892))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 81520 topview)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 81565 topview)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
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