Acropora selago (Studer, 1878)

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 : 182

Acropora selago (Studer, 1878)

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Madrepora selago Studer, 1878: 530 .

Madrepora delicatula Brook, 1891: 461 ; 1893: 109, pl. 28 figs D–E.

Type locality. New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) (holotype MNB).

MTQ Holdings. Red Sea: G57771, G57786 Egypt; G54750 Yemen; Oman: G40960; Socotra: G56955, G57404; Mayotte: G63298–99, G63347, G63436; Seychelles: G59462, G59465, G59521, G59583; Mauritius: G54900, G59124, G59126; Maldives: G60268, G60275, G60278, G61620, G61625–26; Chagos: G51444; Sri Lanka: G55581; Thailand: G32790, G53656, G55922; Malaysia: G53918 Sabah; Indonesia: G50189, G50616 Sumatra; G59190 Java; G50218–20 Bali; G48678–79, G50161, G50194–97, G50626–27, G59082 Alor; G51994 Lomblen; G48072–73, G50526 Lombok; G35964, G35975 Maluku; G50931–33, G51071 Taka’bonerate; G47034, G50775 Ambon; G48674–75, G50190, G50391, G50625 Flores; G50210–17, G50221, G50930 Kalimantan; G50192 Semau; G34180, G48064–71, G50186–88, G50198–09, G51987–90, G53736 Sulawesi; G54252 Molucca Sea; G51991–93, G52424, G53735, G54253, G54315–16 Halmahera; G46941–42, G47483, G48062–63, G50185, G58895 Banda Sea; G48676, G50191, G48677, G50193 West Timor; G61299 Irian Jaya; G36037 Irian Jaya; Australia: G48761, G60621, G60653 West; G21797, G27019, G27043, G27088, G27140, G27166–71, G27173–74, G27176–82, G27185–88, G27190–92, G27196– 97, G27199, G27202, G27204, G27207, G27239–44, G27256–67, G27335–45, G27349–53, G27355–58, G29505– 0 6, G32449–50, G34234, G35051–52, G35118–22, G41090–94, G41105–0 6, G58058, G58109, G58167–68, G58323, G58360, G60508, G61765 Great Barrier Reef; G35878, G57625, G60533, G63812 Coral Sea; South

China Sea: G52250–51, G52370; Japan: G36949, G38020, G47806, G47808–10; Philippines: G32818; Papua New Guinea: G39738, G53223–36, G53417, G53718–20, G54310; Micronesia: G37996 Chuuk; G40753 Pohnpei; Solomon Is.: G52589, G57920, G58592, G58993; New Caledonia: G58718, G61033; Chesterfield Atoll: G27183, G27190, G27201, G27205, G38155, G38159; Marshall Is.: G33142, G56209; Kiribati: G32869; Cook Is.: G53909–10.

Species group: selago.

Description. Colony outline: determinate, predominantly corymbose. Branches: tertiary branching order absent; length: 2 5–50 mm; diameter: 2.5–4.9 mm, radial-dominated, terete; radial crowding: most touching; axial/radial ratio:>1:10. Axial corallites: two synapticular rings; porous; outer diameter 1.1–2.4 mm; inner diameter 0.5–0.9 mm; primary septa to ½ R. Radial corallites: medium; two synapticular rings; one size or graded; inner wall developed; shape: dimidiate/lipped; openings: cochleariform; primary septa to 1/3 R. Coenosteum: same on and between radials: costate; spinule shape: single point.

Further literature. Nishihira & Veron (1995), Wallace & Wolstenholme (1998), Wallace (1999), Veron (2000), Pillay et al. (2002), Turak & DeVantier (2011).

Figures

FIG. 89. Acropora selago, G60508, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, 2007 (photo: P. Muir). Map of documented distribution: blue squares = MTQ specimens; pink squares = literature records; orange diamonds = type localities (where given), including primary synonyms.