Acropora subulata
©Anne Hoggett: Acropora subulata at Snake Pit near Lizard Island. Identified by Dr Zoe Richards: Corymbose starting to grow out into a table, compact branches with tubular radials that make up most of the diameter of the branch, pale colony with blue axials.
©Anne Hoggett: Acropora subulata at lagoon bommie, Lizard Island. Identified by Dr Paul Muir, Museum of Tropical Queensland: Unusual colour for this species.
©Anne Hoggett: Acropora subulata at lagoon bommie, Lizard Island. Identified by Dr Paul Muir, Museum of Tropical Queensland: Unusual colour for this species.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hexacorallia
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Acroporidae
Genus
Acropora
Species
Acropora subulata
Status
least concern
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Up to 200 cm (Plate diameter)
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Local abundance
- Lizard Island: Uncommon
Web resources
References
References that assist with identification
- Veron, J.E.N. (2000). Corals of the World: Volume 1 Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsvile.
Other references
- Brooker, R,M., G.P. Jones and P.L. Munday (2012). Prey selectivity affects reproductive success of a corallivorous reef fish. Oecologia, DOI 10.1007/s00442-012-2521-7. LIRS catalog number 1547.
- Hoogenboom, M.O., G.E. Frank, T.J. Chase, S. Jurriaans, M. Álvarez-Noriega, K. Peterson, K. Critchell, K.L.E. Berry, K.J. Nicolet, B. Ramsby and A.S. Paley (2017). Environmental drivers of variation in bleaching severity of Acropora species during an extreme thermal anomaly. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4: 376. LIRS catalog number 2163.