| Acroporidae () |
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reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 59 m |
| Indo-Pacific. Tropical to subtropical. |
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Colonies are encrusting or composed of thin unifacial laminae often arranged in oblique overlapping whorls and sometimes forming tubes. Corallites are immersed or exsert and are surrounded by thecal papillae. Frequently fused into short ridges near margins; may form hoods over the corallites. Coenosteum papillae: thick and fused (Ref. 846). |
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(LC); Date assessed: 03 January 2008 Ref. 123251)
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M: Ref. 846: O: Ref. 846. |
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