species: Acropora subglabra in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)

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Acropora subglabra

©Anne Hoggett: Acropora subglabra at No Name Reef, Jan 2014.

©Anne Hoggett: Branch and corallite detail of Acropora subglabra at No Name Reef, Jan 2016.

©Anne Hoggett: Possibly Acropora subglabra, lagoon bommie, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Cnidaria

Class Hexacorallia

Order Scleractinia

Family Acroporidae

Genus Acropora

Species Acropora subglabra

Status least concern

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Lizard Island Field Guide

Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

Bushy colonies made up of intertwining bottlebrush-shaped branches; some corallites are short and apressed, many others including the axial corallites are long and tubular (Veron, 2000).