Acropora globiceps (Dana 1846) Dana 1846
- Dataset
- Revision and catalogue of worldwide staghorn corals Acropora and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Museum of Tropical Queensland
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Anthozoa
- order
- Scleractinia
- family
- Acroporidae
- genus
- Acropora
- species
- Acropora globiceps
description
(Fig. 36)
description
Description. Colony outline: determinate, predominantly corymbose. Branches: tertiary branching order absent; length: 5 0 – 100 mm; diameter: 10.0 – 19.9 mm, axial-dominated, reverse tapering; radial crowding: some touching; axial / radial ratio:> 1: 10. Axial corallites: greater than three synapticular rings; not porous; outer diameter 3.0 – 4.5 mm; inner diameter 1.2 – 2.1 mm; primary septa to ½ R. Radial corallites: medium; greater than three synapticular rings; one size or graded; inner wall developed; shape: tubular; openings: dimidiate; primary septa to ¼ R. Coenosteum: same on and between radials: reticulo-costate; spinule shape: elaborate.
discussion
Further literature. Wallace (1999), Veron (2000).
materials_examined
Type locality. Tahiti (holotype NMNH SI). MTQ Holdings. Australia: G 60453 South-East; G 39834 Coral Sea; Niue: G 36079, G 36105, G 36107 – 0 8, G 49020 – 24, G 54512; Cook Is.: G 35931, G 35943 – 44, G 36080 – 85, G 36115, G 36122, G 49053 French Polynesia: G 44041, G 56681 – 85, G 58767; Society Is.: G 49061; Pitcairn Is.: G 35748 – 49, G 35753, G 49037, G 49040 – 42. Species group: humilis.