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


©Anne Hoggett: Acropora microclados at Snake Pit near Lizard Island. Identified by Dr Zoe Richards: Uneven corymbose plate, incipient axial corallites on some branches, exert tubular radials, pale colouration.

©Steve Doo: This colony is tentatively identified as Acropora microclados by Dr Zoe Richards. Sperm/egg bundles can be seen at the mouth of many polyps indicating it is about to spawn. Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island, 16 Nov 2011.

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

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References

  • Dinsdale, E.A. (2002). Abundance of black-band disease on corals from one location on the Great Barrier Reef: a comparison with abundance in the Caribbean region, "Proceedings of the 6th International Coral Reef Symposium".2, : 1239-1243. LIRS catalog number 844.
  • 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.
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