Acropora latistella
©Andy Lewis: Acropora latistella
©Andy Lewis: Acropora latistella corallite detail. Note tubular appressed radial corallites quite tightly packed, which distinguishes this from Acropora aculeus where corallites are more spaced out. Yellow-brown-green colour also diagnostic, this species never fluoro green like Acropora aculeus.
©Anne Hoggett: Acropora latistella at Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island. Photo identified by Dr Zoe Richards who notes, "thick corymbose plates - flouro yellow (common colouration) radials thick appressed tubular, forming tiers".
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hexacorallia
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Acroporidae
Genus
Acropora
Species
Acropora latistella
Status
least concern
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
- Bonaldo, R.M. (2011). The ecosystem role of parrotfishes on coral reefs, PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1412.
- Brooker, R,M., G.P. Jones and P.L. Munday (2012). Prey selectivity affects reproductive success of a corallivorous reef fish. Oecologia, DOI 10.1007/s00442-012-2521-7. LIRS catalog number 1547.
- 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.
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