Acropora austera   (Dana, 1846)

Stony coral colonies

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2100
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Anthozoa | Scleractinia | Acroporidae

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

Reef-associated; depth range 3 - 20 m (Ref. 98622).  Tropical; 29°N - 34°S, 27°E - 135°W (Ref. 846)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 98471. Found subtidally in almost all reef habitats (Ref. 86439), e.g., on upper reef slopes, especially where exposed to turbulence (Ref. 846). Mid reef slopes exposed to strong currents (Ref. 846).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Simultaneous hermaphrodite (Refs. 97272, 113712).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Wallace, C.C. 1999. (Ref. 86439)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

  Near Threatened (NT) ; Date assessed: 01 January 2008

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Hexacorallians of the World | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates of some properties based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.9 - 29.3, mean 28.4 (based on 3195 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.