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Acropora downingi Wallace 1999

Description

Acropora downingi Wallace, 1999

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Material: ZUTC Cnid. 1001, colony fragment, Larak Island, 26° 53' 0.7" N, 56° 20' 51.3" E, Coll. J. Vajed Samiei, November 2010.

Identification guide: Wallace (1999)

Notes for local identification: Colonies mostly form tables. There are upright branchlets on the upper surface.

Abundance: Common.

Depth of occurrence: About 3 to 9 m.

Notes

Published as part of Samiei, Jahangir Vajed, Dab, Koosha, Ghezellou, Parviz & Shirvani, Arash, 2013, Some scleractinian corals (Scleractinia: Anthozoa) of Larak Island, Persian Gulf, pp. 101-143 in Zootaxa 3636 (1) on page 103, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/249436

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Biodiversity

Family
Acroporidae
Genus
Acropora
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Scleractinia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Scientific name authorship
Wallace
Species
downingi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Acropora downingi Wallace, 1999 sec. Samiei, Dab, Ghezellou & Shirvani, 2013