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


©Anne Hoggett: Acropora verweyi in the lagoon entrance channel, Lizard Island. Identified by Zoe Richards.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Hexacorallia
Order Scleractinia
Family Acroporidae
Genus Acropora
Species Acropora verweyi
Status vulnerable

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

                        

Distinguishing features

Short, thickened radial corallites, axial corallites with yellow/green tips. (Contributed by Zoe Richards).

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

  • Dornelas, M. (2006). Coral assemblages and neutral theory. PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1626.
  • Dornelas, M. and S.R. Connolly (2008). Multiple modes in a coral species abundance distribution, Ecology Letters, 11: 1008-1016. LIRS catalog number 1145.
  • Hoogenboom, M.O., G.E. Frank, T.J. Chase, S. Jurriaans, M. Álvarez-Noriega, K. Peterson, K. Critchell, K.L.E. Berry, K.J. Nicolet, B. Ramsby and A.S. Paley (2017). Environmental drivers of variation in bleaching severity of Acropora species during an extreme thermal anomaly. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4: 376. LIRS catalog number 2163.