Acropora clathrata (Brook 1891)

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 : 42

Acropora clathrata (Brook 1891)

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Madrepora clathrata Brook, 1891: 459 ; 1893: 49, pl. 5, pl. 6 figs A–B.

Madrepora complanata Brook, 1891: 459 ; 1893: 70, pl. 8 fig. C.

Madrepora orbicularis Brook, 1892: 460 ; 1893: 37, pl. 2.

Madrepora vasiformis Brook, 1893: 37 , pl. 26 fig. A.

Type locality. Mauritius (holotype NHM).

MTQ Holdings. Kenya: G59733; Mayotte: G63181, G63266–68, G63386–87, G63422; Seychelles: G47947–48, G51864–65, G59454, G59503, G59536; La R é union: G33218; Mauritius: G33203, G39783, G54467; Maldives: G52006, G52071–73, G53010–16, G59836–43, G59929; Chagos: G51368–70; Thailand: G32787, G55974–77, G56128; Indonesia: G47188, G48801–02 Sumatra; G49749, G49766, G51695 Bali; G50925 Nusa Tenggara; G48807–09 Alor; G51713–15 Lomblen; G47486 Lombok; G47031–32, G62723 Ambon; G48803, G49748, G50926 Flores; G49761–65 Kalimantan; G48805 Semau; G47210–21, G49750–60, G51696–97 Sulawesi; G51698– 702, G51711–12 Molucca Sea; G51703–10, G52405 Halmahera; G46848–55, G36218 Banda Sea; G48804, G48806 West Timor; G60755, G35767, G36035, G36041 Irian Jaya; Australia: G40780, G60662, G61672 West; G27359–60, G27362, G27364–65, G27367–70, G27372–73, G27375–76, G30356, G41070, G47384, G60517, G61764, G61772, G64758 Great Barrier Reef; G47283, G64980 South–East; G27361, G27377, G63800 Coral Sea; South China Sea: G37565, G46823, G52157, G52285; Japan: G38294, G47737; Taiwan: G43847, G45940, G47575–76, G47593; Philippines: G52317; Palau: G36237, G36537, G56639, G60438; Papua New Guinea: G35611, G35668, G35674, G35678, G53469–78, G53538– 41, G54657; Micronesia: G62771 Kosrae; G41238, G62375–77 Pohnpei; Solomon Is.: G52586, G57912; New Caledonia: G35013, G58706, G58729; Chesterfield Atoll: G27371, G27374, G58922; Kiribati: G55006; Samoa: G34875, G34881, G41295, G54273–74. Species group: divaricata .

Description. Colony outline: determinate, predominantly table. Branches: tertiary branching order absent; length: 25–50 mm; diameter: 5.0–9.9 mm, radial-dominated, terete; radial crowding: some touching; axial/radial ratio:>1:10. Axial corallites: three synapticular rings; not porous; outer diameter 1.6–3.0 mm; inner diameter 0.5–0.9 mm; primary septa to 1/3 R. Radial corallites: medium; three synapticular rings; one size or graded; inner wall developed; shape: nariform; openings: dimidiate; primary septa absent. Coenosteum: different on and between radials: between radials: reticulate, on radials: reticulo-costate; spinule shape: forked. Taxonomic note. Acropora clathrata reported from Kuwait in Carpenter et al. (1997) was found to be a new species in the A. robusta group, and described as A. downingi in Wallace (1999) .

Further literature. Sheppard & Sheppard (1991), Nishihira & Veron (1995), Wallace & Wolstenholme (1998), Wallace (1999), Veron (2000), Pillay et al. (2002), Dai & Horng (2009), Turak & DeVantier (2011).

Figures

FIG. 19. Acropora clathrata, G63268, Mayotte, 2010 (photo: P. Muir). Map of documented distribution: blue squares = MTQ specimens; pink squares = literature records; orange diamonds = type localities (where given), including primary synonyms.