Acropora elseyi
©Anne Hoggett: A large stand of Acropora elseyi on the reef flat at North Direction Island near Lizard Island. A large anemone, Entacmaea quadricolor, is between the coral branches occupied by numerous anemonefish, Amphiprion melanopus.
©Lyle Vail: A large stand of Acropora elseyi at Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island. Identified by Dr Zoe Richards.
©Anne Hoggett: Close-up of Acropora elseyi at Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island. Identified by Dr Zoe Richards.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hexacorallia
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Acroporidae
Genus
Acropora
Species
Acropora elseyi
Status
least concern
Colours
Distinguishing features
Grows in a thicket of hispidose clumps. (Contributed by Zoe Richards)
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
References
- Beukers, J.S. (1996). The relative roles of recruitment and post-recruitment processes in the regulation of a coral reef damselfish population, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 472.
- Boyett, H.V. (04/2006). The ecology and microbiology of black band disease and brown band syndrome on the Great Barrier Reef, M.Res. thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 969.
- 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.
- View all references