Acropora digitifera
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Madrepora digitifera – Dana, 1846 p. 454.
Acropora digitifera – Moll, 1983: 29; Veron and Wallace, 1985: 180; Veron, 1986: 140; Best et al., 1989: 109; Veron, 2000: 328–329.
Acropora (Acropora) digitifera – Wallace and Dai, 1997: 293; Wallace and Wolstenholme, 1998: 218; Wallace, 1999: 126–128.
Material examined. – Indonesia , Tusa Isl. near Obilatu, N of Obi Major (RMNH Coel.39564–39565); Talaud Isl., Reimis, Karakelong (RMNH Coel.39896); Sebesi (RMNH Coel.39902).
Short description. – Colony corymbose; branches terete, 12–16 mm in diameter and up to 30 mm long. Axial corallite outer diameter 3.2–3.5 mm; radial corallites dimidiate with the appearance of a flaring lip.
Biogeography. – This species shows a typical Indo-West Pacific range. Three specimens from Obilatu and Reimis were identified as A. digitifera, previously known records for this species. The NCB Naturalis collection also contains a specimen of A. digitifera from Sebesi.
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- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.10106670 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Dana
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Acroporidae
- Genus
- Acropora
- Species
- digitifera
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Acropora digitifera (Dana, 1846) sec. der & Visser, 2011
References
- Moll, H., 1983. Zonation and diversity of Scleractinia on reefs off S. W. Sulawesi, Indonesia. PhD Thesis, Leiden University, 107 pp.
- Veron, J. E. N., 1986. Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 644 pp.
- Best, M. B., B. W. Hoeksema, W. Moka, H. Moll, Suharsono & I. N. Sutarna, 1989. Recent scleractinian coral species collected during the Snellius-II Expedition. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research, 23: 107 - 115
- Veron, J. E. N., 2000. Corals of the World, vol 1. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR. Queensland, Australia, 463 pp.
- Wallace, C. C., 1999. Staghorn corals of the world - a revision of the genus Acropora. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 421 pp.