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Acropora akajimensis
| Description | Acropora donei is a species of acroporid coral that was first described by J. Veron and Carden Wallace in 1984. Found in fringing reefs and the upper slopes of shallow reefs, it occurs at depths of 5 to 20Â m (16 to 66Â ft). The species is rated as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, with a decreasing population, and is affected by disease. It is not common but found over a large area, and is listed under CITES Appendix II. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropora_akajimensis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : Acropora : Acropora akajimensis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | synonym -> Acropora donei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Generic Name | Acropora | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Acropora akajimensis Veron, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Veron, J. (1990). New Scleractinia from Japan and other Indo-West Pacific Countries. Galaxea. 9: 95-173. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | アカジマミドリイシ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropora_akajimensis |
References
| Cairns, Stephen D., 1999: Species richness of recent Scleractinia. Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 59. 1-46. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Cairns, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W. & van der Land, J. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Veron, J. (1990). New Scleractinia from Japan and other Indo-West Pacific Countries. Galaxea. 9: 95-173. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Wallace, CC. (1999). Staghorn corals of the world: a revision of the coral genus Acropora (Scleractinia; Astrocoeniina; Acroporidae) worldwide, with emphasis on morphology, phylogeny and biogeography. CSIRO, Collingwood (Australia). pp i-xvii, 1-421. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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