species: Dipsastraea matthaii in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Dipsastraea matthaii


©Anne Hoggett: Dipsastraea matthaii at No Name Reef near Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Surface detail of Dipsastraea matthaii at No Name Reef showing crowded, circular corallites with ragged septa.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Hexacorallia
Order Scleractinia
Family Merulinidae
Genus Dipsastraea
Species Dipsastraea matthaii
Status near threatened

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References

  • Babcock, R.C., G.D. Bull, P.L. Harrison, A.J. Heyward, J.K. Oliver, C.C. Wallace and B.L. Willis (1986). Synchronous spawnings of 105 scleractinian coral species on the Great Barrier Reef, Marine Biology, 90: 379-394. LIRS catalog number 300.
  • Dinesen, Z.D. (1983). Shade-dwelling corals of the Great Barrier Reef, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 10: 173-185. LIRS catalog number 157.
  • Dinsdale, E.A. (2002). Abundance of black-band disease on corals from one location on the Great Barrier Reef: a comparison with abundance in the Caribbean region, "Proceedings of the 6th International Coral Reef Symposium".2, : 1239-1243. LIRS catalog number 844.
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