species: Acropora aculeus in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Acropora aculeus


©Andy Lewis: A. aculeus in shallow water in the lagoon entrance channel.

©Andy Lewis: Corallite detail in A. aculeus. Intense fluoro green colour is diagnostic.

©Anne Hoggett: Acropora aculeus at lagoon bommie, Lizard Island. Photo identified by Dr Charlie Veron.

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

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References

  • Cumming, R.L. (1996). The corallivorous gastropods Drupella cornus, D. fragum and D. rugosa: ecology and impact on coral communities at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 473.
  • Cumming, R.L. (2009). Case study: impact of Drupella spp. on reef-building corals of the Great Barrier Reef. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Research Publication, 97: 1-51. LIRS catalog number 1628.
  • Dinesen, Z.D. (1983). Shade-dwelling corals of the Great Barrier Reef, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 10: 173-185. LIRS catalog number 157.
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