Acropora austera
©Anne Hoggett: Acropora austera at MacGillivray Reef near Lizard Island. Identified by Dr Zoe Richards: note chunky branches and irregular, mixed-sized, fat, rounded radials.
©Anne Hoggett: Acropora austera at MacGillivray Reef near Lizard Island. Identified by Dr Zoe Richards.
©Anne Hoggett: Tentatively identified as Acropora austera by Anne Hoggett. Northeastern coast of Lizard Island.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hexacorallia
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Acroporidae
Genus
Acropora
Species
Acropora austera
Status
near threatened
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
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.
- Dornelas, M. (2006). Coral assemblages and neutral theory. PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1626.
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