Family: |
Acroporidae () |
Max. size: |
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Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 50 m |
Distribution: |
Indo-Pacific. |
Diagnosis: |
Colonies: submassive or are flat plates; with or without nodular upgrowths. Corallites: small; immersed on flat parts of colonies; exsert on upgrowths; rims of very irregular papillae. Coenosteum papillae: present on upgrowths (Ref. 846). |
Biology: |
On shallow (Ref. 846) to mid reef slopes (Ref. 98471). |
IUCN Red List Status: |
Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 01 January 2008 Ref. 123251)
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Threat to humans: |
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Country info: |
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