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Acropora digitifera

Description

Acropora digitifera (Dana, 1846)

(Fig. 3a–b)

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.

Notes

Published as part of van der Meij, Sancia E. T. & Visser, Rémon R., 2011, The Acropora Humilis Group (Scleractinia) Of The Snellius Expedition (1929 - 30), pp. 9-17 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 59 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10106670

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Additional details

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.