Description Colonies are small plates, sometimes perfectly circular, sometimes semicircles projecting from the side of the reef....
Description Colonies are small plates, sometimes perfectly circular, sometimes semicircles projecting from the side of the reef. Branches are small, regular in diameter and regularly spaced. The radial corallites have flaring lower lips which are conspicuous. Branchlets divide, but do not anastomose. This is a small, sometimes inconspicuous coral, but may be common (Sheppard, 1998).
Colonies are corymbose plates with neat, evenly spaced branches. Radial corallites have wide lower lips giving them a neat rosette-like appearance when viewed from above. Colour: cream or blue. Colours may be bright with distinctively coloured redial corallite lips. Abundance: Common where Acropora diversity is moderate or high, especially upper reef slopes (Veron, 1986). [details]
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original description(ofAcropora plana Nemenzo, 1967)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.[details]
context source (Hexacorallia)Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of recordVeron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
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additional sourceCairns, 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]
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additional sourceVeron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume I: Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 1, pp. 463. page(s): 360-361 [details]
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additional sourceWells 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, 420, 423 [details]
additional sourceBrugler, M. R.; France, S. C. (2007). The complete mitochondrial genome of the black coral Chrysopathes formosa (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) supports classification of antipatharians within the subclass Hexacorallia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 42, 776-788 page(s): 778, 781, 782, 783, 784, 785 [details]
additional sourceKenyon, J. (2008). Acropora (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) reproductive synchrony and spawning phenology in the Northern Line Islands, central Pacific, as inferred from size classes of developing oocytes. Pacific Science, 62(4): 569-578 page(s): 573, 574, 575, 576 [details]
additional sourceKühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113 page(s): 62, 74, 113 [details]
additional sourceBridge TCL, Cowman PF, Quattrini AM, Bonito VE, Sinniger F, Harii S, Head CEI, Hung JY, Halafihi T, Rongo T, Baird AH. (2023). <i>A. tenuis</i> relationship: traditional taxonomy obscures systematics and biogeography of the '<i>Acropora tenuis</i>' (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) species complex. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online athttps://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad062[details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Biology zooxanthellate [details] Description Colonies are small plates, sometimes perfectly circular, sometimes semicircles projecting from the side of the reef. Branches are small, regular in diameter and regularly spaced. The radial corallites have flaring lower lips which are conspicuous. Branchlets divide, but do not anastomose. This is a small, sometimes inconspicuous coral, but may be common (Sheppard, 1998).
Colonies are corymbose plates with neat, evenly spaced branches. Radial corallites have wide lower lips giving them a neat rosette-like appearance when viewed from above. Colour: cream or blue. Colours may be bright with distinctively coloured redial corallite lips. Abundance: Common where Acropora diversity is moderate or high, especially upper reef slopes (Veron, 1986). [details] Remark Maybe same as A. eurystoma in Vine (1986). Type locality: unrecorded (Veron, 1986). [details]