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Acropora abrotanoides
Acropora abrotanoides is a species of acroporid coral found in Indo-Pacific waters from the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden east to the East China Sea, Japan, the central Pacific Ocean and Australia. It is found in shallow coral reefs that are exposed to the action of strong waves, at depths up to 15 m. It is vulnerable to coral bleaching, disease and crown-of-thorns starfish. It is resistant to predation as it has well-developed radial corallite lips.
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Description
It occurs in colonies of fused branches growing across the seabed (prostrate) with vertical outer branches with diameters of up to 3 metres (9.8 ft); these can be table-shaped. In the centre of a colony, the branches are fused together—these can be either elongated or conical, sometimes with ends tapering to a point. Its branches contain both axial and radial corallites; radial corallites have been observed as elongated and axial corallites occur in varying numbers and are rasp-like or tubular in shape. Radial corallites have evolved to have well-developed tips preventing predation. It is green-grey or pink-brown in colour and is similar to Acropora pinguis, and Acropora robusta.
Range & habitat
Acropora abrotanoides is found from the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, through the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and the East China Sea, Australia, and Japan. It also occurs in the south-eastern Atlantic Ocean.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 93216.