species: Acropora aspera in ALA: Lizard Island (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Acropora aspera


©Anne Hoggett: Acropora aspera on the reef flat at North Direction Island near Lizard Island. Identified by Zoe Richards.

©Anne Hoggett: Acropora aspera on the reef flat close to beach at North Direction Island in Dec 2011. This large stand was obliterated by cyclones and coral bleaching between 2014 and 2016.

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

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Distinguishing features

Sparse branches with lipped radial corallites. (Contributed by Zoe Richards)

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Antonius, A. and D. Lipscomb (2001). First protozoan coral-killer identified in the Indo-Pacific, Atoll Research Bulletin, 481-493: 1-21. LIRS catalog number 846.
  • Berumen, M.L. (2000). Influence of diet and habitat on the condition of butterflyfish, M.Sc. thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 719.
  • Beukers, J.S. (1996). The relative roles of recruitment and post-recruitment processes in the regulation of a coral reef damselfish population, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 472.
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