Acropora valida (Dana, 1846)

Wallace, Carden C., Done, Barbara J. & Muir, Paul R., 2012, Revision and catalogue of worldwide staghorn corals Acropora and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Museum of Tropical Queensland, Memoirs of the Queensland Museu Nature 57, pp. 1-258 : 226-227

Acropora valida (Dana, 1846)

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Madrepora valida Dana, 1846: 461 , pl. 35 fig. 1.

Madrepora variabilis Klunzinger,1879: 17 , pl. 1 fig. 10, pl. 2 figs 1, 5, pl. 5 figs 1, 3, pl. 9 fig. 14.

Madrepora coalescens Ortmann, 1889: 509, pl. 13 fig. 5.

Acropora dissimilis Verrill, 1902: 226, pl. 34 fig. 9.

Acropora parapharaonis Veron, 2000 , vol. 1: 367; 2002: 56–57, figs 106–109.

Type locality. Fiji (holotype NMNH-SI).

MTQ Holdings. G55786 HOLOTYPE of A. parapharaonis from Sharm al Shiekh, Egypt; Red Sea: G55254–55, G58686 Saudi Arabia; G54729–31, G54764–66, G54876–78, G55574, G58864–65 Yemen; Oman: G40953–54; Socotra: G56964, G57403; Kenya: G35575–78, G54920–23, G54935–36, G59610–21; Tanzania: G59731; South Africa: G41037–38; Mayotte: G63291–92, G63410–14, G63428, G63429; Persian Gulf: G54792 Saudi Arabia; Seychelles: G47944–46, G49211, G51856, G59438–39, G59441, G59443, G59449, G59489, G59491, G59499, G59517, G59538; Mauritius: G55571, G33217, G54533, G54892; Maldives: G52014–16, G52098–102, G53036–50, G59758, G59872–84, G59985, G60270, G60284, G60337, G60359, G60377, G61610; Chagos: G51358–61, G51750, G51754, G51756–59, G51766; Sri Lanka: G55228–29, G55576, G55761, G56327; Thailand: G32785, G32788, G32792, G32799, G52647, G53657, G55886–87, G56138, G56049–50, G59340, G59416, G59419, G61739–43; Malaysia: G54993, G57653, G57677 mainland and islands; G40190–91, G53894 Sabah; Singapore: G41019, G41032 Indonesia: G47172–74, G49580, G49715–17, G49723 Sumatra; G50787 Java; G49593–94, G54148, G59183, G59721, G59724 Bali; G50952–53 Nusa Tenggara; G49587–92, G50109, G50483 Alor; G49850–60 Riau; G54421–23, G54441–44 Tukangbesi Islands; G50740 Seribu Is; G36209, G47990–92, G49635–36, G50785–86 Ambon; G49581–84 Flores; G39819–20, G49600–04, G50596 Kalimantan; G35515–17, G47698–99, G47993–8007, G49579, G49595–99, G49911–12, G49919, G50108, G50110, G50455, G54149, G55437, G55438 Sulawesi; G54150–55, G54166–67 Molucca Sea; G52439–40, G54156–65 Halmahera; G47976–89, G48291, G49577–78, G49722, G50111 Banda Sea; G49585–86 West Timor; G60995, G61049, G61419 Irian Jaya; Australia: G36050, G40857–60, G47015, G47017, G48749–59, G52666–67, G60618, G60634, G60637, G60644, G60651, G61662, G61674, G61677, G63657, G64387, G64389, G64394 West; G48125, G51272, G58987 North; G27045, G27077, G27098, G27624–25, G27627–37, G27639–40, G27703, G27705–09, G27867, G28151, G28158, G28160, G28163–65, G29003–0 4, G29378, G29624–29, G29631–33, G29635, G30617–21, G30623, G30625–32, G30859, G30876–77, G30879–81, G30883–84, G30886–94, G31059–63, G31065, G31070–71, G31075, G31077–92, G31119, G31124, G31911, G32405, G32408–09, G34151, G34239–40, G34858–59, G34863–64, G34867–68, G36102, G37305, G37367, G40875, G40911, G41048–66, G41312, G43321–22, G43324–42, G43348, G47374–76, G47636–40, G48294–95, G48306, G48310, G48313, G48324, G48328, G49236–38, G49245, G50692–93, G51120–22, G51185, G52030, G54367–406, G54566–67, G55486, G57604–06, G57728, G58000, G58005–06, G58037, G58040, G58051, G58054–55, G58060–61, G58071, G58104, G58156–65, G58235–38, G58284–85, G58329–34, G58410, G58609–15, G59016, G60225, G60228, G63127, G64722 Great Barrier Reef; G28153, G28155, G28162, G28999–9000, G29375–77, G29380–84, G29630, G29634, G30333–34, G30604–05, G30622, G30885, G31066, G31073, G31076, G31110–18, G31120–23, G32407, G34862, G41077, G47282, G56976–77, G56979, G58424, G58426–27, G60096–97, G60141–43, G60413, G60448, G60452, G62811–12, G62826, G64954–56 South-East; G27704, G30616, G30882, G33502, G33506, G33518, G34238, G34861, G43343–47, G57636 Coral Sea; South China Sea: G46821, G52154, G52284, G52298, G52365–69; Japan: G35489, G38016, G38047, G38057, G38060, G47760–63, G47812, G62294, G62309, G62314, G62316–17, G62328, G62335–36, G62348, G62841, G62861–66, G62990–93, G62340–41; Taiwan: G35542, G45801, G45804, G45815, G45819–20, G45898–0 1, G45917–22, G45930–32, G45939, G46531, G47416, G47577–78, G47594, G47604–0 5, G58023–25; Philippines: G32812, G52334, G52371–73; Palau: G55002; Guam: G36598, G40742, G40745, G40747, G41175, G53642–45; Papua New Guinea: G35626, G35655, G35890–94, G36015, G53141–59, G53479–95 North: G40858 Timor Sea; Micronesia: G40693–97 Yap; G38007 Chuuk; G62410–12, G62504, G62792 Pohnpei; G62736, G62748–49, G62784–85 Kosrae; Solomon Is.: G52598; New Caledonia: G33087, G33101, G34955, G34966, G34984, G59166, G61022, G61221; Chesterfield Atoll: G28156, G28159, G31058, G31067, G31069, G38154; Marshall Is.: G33117–18, G33138, G33147, G37981, G47227, G56148, G57273–80; Kiribati: G51219, G54804–05, G54963, G54964, G55011, G58798–99; Fiji: G40931; Samoa: G33301–06, G34769, G34880, G36644, G38979, G41192, G43483, G43485, G43488, G54275–76; Niue: G54514, G54666; Johnston Atoll: G40989, G40991–93; Hawaii: G27086, G27087; Line Is.: G33115, G59342; Cook Is.: G35734, G35847, G36060, G55526–27, G59343; Tahiti: G53587–88; Austral Is.: G32856, G32872; Pitcairn Is.: G35744–45, G54630–33; Colombia: G27106.

Description. Colony outline: determinate, predominantly corymbose. Branches: tertiary branching order absent; length: 50–100 mm; diameter: 10.0–19.9 mm, radial-dominated, terete; radial crowding: most touching; axial/radial ratio:>1:10. Axial corallites: three synapticular rings; not porous; outer diameter 1.6–2.8 mm; inner diameter 0.5–0.9 mm; primary septa to ½ R. Radial corallites: medium; three synapticular rings; one size or graded; inner wall developed; shape: appressed tubular; openings: ovalrounded; primary septa to 2/3 R. Coenosteum: same on and between radials: reticulate; spinule shape: laterally flattened.

Taxonomic note. Acropora parapharaonis is placed in synonymy following comparison of the holotype with the following specimens of A. valida : G61742 from Tae Nok Island, Thailand and G30630 from Brisk Island, Australia. All come from table-shaped colonies with short branches on the upper surface.

Further literature: Von Prahl & Mejia (1985), Nishihira & Veron (1995), Wallace & Wolstenholme (1998), Wallace (1999), Pillay et al. (2002), Nomura & Mezaki (2005), Wallace et al. (2009), Turak & DeVantier (2011).

Figures

FIG. 111 Acropora valida, G62317, Tanegashima Island, Japan (photo: P. Muir). Map of documented distribution. Blue squares denote MTQ specimens, pink squares literature records and orange diamonds type localities of species and synonyms (where given).