Acropora prolifera

Author
Lamarck, 1816

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Min Depth
1 meters
Max Depth
30 meters
Overall Geographic Range
the region from 25°06’N, 80°26’W, a position south of South Sound Creek on Key Largo, Monroe County, Florida, to the St. Lucie Inlet (27°10.0624’N, 80°08.3750’W), Bahamas, Caribbean
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • zooxanthellate
  • hard substrate
  • coral reef (0–50 m)
References

  • Beltrán-Torres, A., and J. P. Carricart-Ganivet. 1999. Lista revisada y clave de determinación de los corales pétreos zooxantelados (Hydrozoa: Milleporina; Anthozoa: Scleractinia) del Atlántico mexicano. Revista de Biologia Tropical 47(4): 813–829.

  • Jaap, W. C., W. G. Lyons, P. Dustan, and J. C. Halas. 1989. Stony coral (Scleractinia and Milleporina) community structure at Bird Key Reef, Ft. Jefferson National Monument, Dry Tortugas, Florida. Florida Marine Research Publications 46: 31 pp.

Endnotes

  • Hybrid of Acropora cervicornis and A. palmata (van Oppen et al. 2000, Vollmer and Palumbi 2002).

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Cairns, S. D., W. C. Jaap, and J. C. Lang. 2009. Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 333–347 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-19-2024.

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