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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: fairly common (chances are about 50%) | Ref: Fenner, D., 1999
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Grover's Reef Atoll (Ref. 85586). This reef frame builder has a low number of recruits, that hampers reef recovery (Ref. 87223). C: Ref. 85471, 85586, 86558, 86352, 83917, 87220, 87223; M: Ref. 846.
National Checklist: Belize Biodiversity Information System - Fish
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bh.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/belize-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Veron, J.E.N., 2000
National Database:

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Classification / Names / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Scleractinia (Stony corals) > Acroporidae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

प्रवाल-भित्ति संयुक्त; गहराई सीमा 0 - 30 m (Ref. 83917). Tropical; 28°N - 9°N, 98°W - 60°W (Ref. 846)

वितरण देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Western Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm

Short description आकृति विज्ञान

Species forms the largest colonies of all Acropora, with parallel, obliquely inclined, very thick, tapered branches. Corallites are tubular and irregular in length. Axial corallites are indistinct. Color can either be tan or pale brown with white axial corallites.

Maximum depth from Ref. 116012. Zooxanthellate (Ref. 116012). Found in shallow areas of high wave action, especially reef crests (Ref. 415) and submerged reef tops (Ref. 86439).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा

Hermaphroditic (Ref. 113712). Mature gametes are shed into the coelenteron and spawned through the mouth. Life cycle: The zygote develops into a planktonic planula larva. Metamorphosis begins with early morphogenesis of tentacles, septa and pharynx before larval settlement on the aboral end (Ref. 833).