Acropora pruinosa (Brook, 1893)

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 : 160

Acropora pruinosa (Brook, 1893)

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Madrepora pruinosa Brook, 1893: 72 , pl. 34 fig. B.

Type locality. Korea Straits (lectotype NHM).

MTQ Holdings. Hong Kong: G61791–94; Japan: G62835, G62894–03.

Species group: not determined.

Description. Colony outline: indeterminate, predominantly caespitose to arborescent. Branches: tertiary branching order absent; length: 25–50 mm; diameter: 5.0–9.9 mm, 50/50 axial/radial, tapering; radial crowding: some touching; axial/radial ratio:>1:10. Axial corallites: three synapticular rings; porous; outer diameter 2.1–3.1 mm; inner diameter 1.1–1.6 mm; primary septa 2/3 to 1 R. Radial corallites: small; one size or graded; inner wall not developed; shape: appressed tubular; openings: round; primary septa: 2/3 to 1 R. Coenosteum: same on and between radials: reticulate; shape: single point. Taxonomic note. This species was not included in Wallace (1999) as no specimens were available. To date, its distribution records are limited to Korea, Japan and Hong Kong.

Further literature: Veron & Nishihira (1995), Veron (2000), Chan et al. (2004), Nakamura et al. (2004}, Nomura & Mezaki (2005).

Figures

FIG. 78. Acropora pruinosa, G62898 Fukuro Bay, Kushimoto, Japan, 2009 (photo: P. Muir). Map of documented distribution: blue squares = MTQ specimens; pink squares = literature records; orange diamonds = type localities (where given), including primary synonyms.