Acropora, Oken, 1815

Salimi, Parisa Alidoost, Mostafavi, Pargol Ghavam, Chen, Chaolun Allen, Fatemi, Seyed Mohammad Reza & Pichon, Michel, 2018, Microphysogobio bicolor, Zoological Studies 57 (56), pp. 1-34 : 3

Acropora downingi Wallace, 1999

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Synonym: Acropora downingi Wallace, 1999

Material examined: Abu-Musa Island ( ZUTC 6578), Sirri Island ( ZUTC 6579).

Other Material: Larak Island ( ZUTC 6580), Hengam Island ( ZUTC 6581).

Description: Color was brown to dark brown. Colonies are Plate-like with short vertical branches over the plates. Corallite diameter 1 mm. Primary septa well developed. Coenosteum between redial corallite simple spinule and costate. Radial wall porous.

Distribution: Widespread in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea. However, most of Acropora species have bleached in summer 2017 as a result of extreme summer temperatures. In some area as Bahrain, Abu Dhabi ( Riegl and Purkis 2012) and in the Nay-Band bay in Busher Province (Personal observation), presence of Acropora species is reduced or disappeared.

Figures

Fig. 2. Acropora downingi, (a-b) Abu-Musa and Sirri Islands; (c-d) Larak and Hengam Islands; (e-f) close-up of radial and axial corallites. Scale bar = 1 mm. © 2018 Academia Sinica, Taiwan