species: Acropora cytherea in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Acropora cytherea


©Anne Hoggett: Acropora cytherea near Osprey Islet, Lizard Island Group.

©Anne Hoggett: Acropora cytherea near Osprey Islet, Lizard Island Group.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Hexacorallia
Order Scleractinia
Family Acroporidae
Genus Acropora
Species Acropora cytherea
Status least concern

Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

Distinguishing features

Table morphology with fine, upward-projecting branchlets with cylindrical, projecting axial corallites. Tentacles often extended during the day.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Similar taxa

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Alvarez-Noriega, M., A.H. Baird,2, M. Dornelas, J.S. Madin, V.R. Cumbo, and S.R. Connolly (2016). Fecundity and the demographic strategies of coral morphologies, Ecology, 97(12): 3485-3493. LIRS catalog number 2048.
  • Alvarez-Noriega, M., A.H. Baird, M. Dornelas, J.S. Madin and S.R. Connolly (2018). Negligible effect of competition on coral colony growth. Ecology, 99 (6): 1347-1356. LIRS catalog number 2239.
  • Baird, A.H. (2001). The ecology of coral larvae: settlement patterns, habitat selection and the length of the larval phase, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 716.
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