species: Astreopora incrustans in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Astreopora incrustans

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Hexacorallia
Order Scleractinia
Family Acroporidae
Genus Astreopora
Species Astreopora incrustans

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Distinguishing features

Colonies are flat, encrusting, often with short columns or tubes and often large (> 1 m; Veron, 2000).

The species is known from the Lizard Island area only from two observations on the outer reef in 2007. The species name is accepted (WORMS accessed 3 May 2020) but ALA (accessed 3 May 2020) notes that Astreopora moretonensis is the accepted name in Australia at least.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Veron, J.E.N. (2000). Corals of the World: Volume 1 Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsvile.