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


©Andrew Baird: Acropora yongei on the reef flat of entrance bommie, Lizard Island lagoon.

©Andrew Baird: Acropora yongei on the reef flat of entrance bommie, Lizard Island lagoon.

©Andrew Baird: Acropora yongei on the reef flat of entrance bommie, Lizard Island lagoon.

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

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Distinguishing features

Short conical or tapering branches with long axial corallites. Radial corallites with long, flaring lower lips giving a scaly appearance. Can form extensive bushy stands.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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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. (1999). Predation on reef-building corals: multiscale variation in the density of three corallivorous gastropods, Drupella sp(p). Coral Reefs, 18: 147-157. LIRS catalog number 638.
  • 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.
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