| Acroporidae () |
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reef-associated; marine; depth range 2 - 20 m |
| Western Indian Ocean. |
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Colonies: encrusting basal laminae with irregular upgrowths. Whole colony surface: covered with elongate tuberculae, which are inclined on the colony surface; fused into ridges on the ends of outgrowths. Corallites: immersed between the tuberculae ; aligned in vertical rows between ridges on upgrowths. Greenish-grey with contrasting colored polyps (Ref. 846). |
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(LC); Date assessed: 01 January 2008 Ref. 123251)
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