Acropora robusta (Dana, 1846)

Wallace, Carden C., Done, Barbara J. & Muir, Paul R., 2012, Revision and catalogue of worldwide staghorn corals Acropora and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Museum of Tropical Queensland, Memoirs of the Queensland Museu Nature 57, pp. 1-258 : 166

Acropora robusta (Dana, 1846)

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Madrepora robusta Dana, 1846: 475 , pl. 39 figs 3–3a, pl. 31 figs 3a–c.

Madrepora conigera Dana, 1846: 440 , pl. 32 figs 1–1a.

Madrepora cyclopea Dana, 1846: 439 .

Madrepora nobilis Dana, 1846: 481 , pl. 40 fig. 3.

Madrepora paxilligera Dana, 1846: 452 , pl. 34 figs 1–1a. Madrepora cuspidata Dana, 1846: 485 .

Madrepora ranalis Quelch, 1886: 150.

Madrepora pacifica Brook, 1891: 465; 1893: 39, pl. 30 fig. B.

Madrepora ambigua Brook, 1892: 451; 1893 p.70, pl. 8 fig. C.

Madrepora decipiens Brook, 1892: 456; 1893: 51, pl. 14 figs B–D.

Madrepora smithi Brook, 1893: 34, pl. 26 fig. B.

Madrepora brooki Bernard, 1900: 120.

Acropora pinguis Wells, 1950: 37, pl. 11 figs 1–2.

Acropora ponderosa Nemenzo, 1967: 57, pl. 20 figs 3–4. Type locality. Fiji (holotype NMNH-SI).

MTQ Holdings. Red Sea: G54946 Yemen; Kenya: G59734; Mayotte: G63199–201; Seychelles: G47918–20, G51855; La R é union: G33212, G33227; Maldives: G52080, G59780–83, G59857–60; Sri Lanka: G55768; Thailand: G35951, G54841, G55960, G56074, G56129, G56132, G56062–63; Malaysia: G40200 Sabah; Indonesia: G58690, G47161, G48463–64, G48683 Sumatra; G49333–35, G51800 Bali; G50904–05, G50907 Nusa Tenggara; G48466–68, G48682 Alor; G47551 Lombok; G51812 Tukangbesi Islands; G50906 Taka’bonerate; G50749–50 Seribu Is; G36177, G36215, G47036 Ambon; G48465, G48684 Flores; G49337–41, G49720 Kalimantan; G47545–50, G49336, G50823 Sulawesi; G51801–03, G51809–11, G53681 Molucca Sea; G51804–08, G53682 Halmahera; G46995–7000 Banda Sea; G60999 Irian Jaya; Australia: G40852–53, G52651, G58959, G61669, G64324 West; G48101, G58973 North; G27507–08, G27510, G27512–14, G27787, G27789–91, G28019, G28024–25, G28067, G28173–74, G28180, G28182–83, G28840–41, G28843, G28919–20, G28922, G28947, G28949–51, G28953, G28955, G29047–48, G29050–51, G29053, G29055, G29853, G30206, G30417, G30420–21, G30811–14, G30816, G30818–20, G39943, G48371, G51106, G58251–52, G58359, G58381–82, G58403, G60229, G62912 Great Barrier Reef; G27223, G28020–21,

G33191, G47072 South-East; G27509, G27511, G27786, G27788, G28178, G28181, G28846, G28921, G28952, G29046, G29052, G29054, G29056, G30821 Coral Sea; South China Sea: G37569, G52141–52, G52270–75, G52288, G52304–07; Japan: G47780, G48381, G62325–26; Taiwan: G45841; Palau: G36230, G60208; Guam: G36605, G40737; Papua New Guinea: G35625, G35905–06, G52786–90; Louisiade Archipelago: G33360, G35370; Micronesia: G40774 Yap; G62424–28, G62648 Pohnpei; G62760 Kosrae; Solomon Is.: G59004; New Caledonia: G34951, G34985, G58697, G58728; Chesterfield Atoll: G27505–06, G27515, G28022–23, G28066, G28068, G28842, G28844, G28923, G28948, G28954, G28956, G29113, G29854–55, G38164, G38166–67, G51242; Marshall Is.: G33133, G33199, G56167, G57297; Kiribati: G54798, G54801–02, G54820; Fiji: G34738, G34744, G34816; Samoa: G33308–10, G34745–48, G34750, G34771, G34774, G34883, G36632, G38984, G41230–35, G41294, G43494, G51214, G56020; Niue: G35838, G36024, G54680; Line Is.: G59697; Cook Is.: G35695; Austral Is.: G35837, G36067; Pitcairn Is.: G54628.

Species group: robusta .

Description. Colony outline: determinate, predominantly arborescent–table. Branches: tertiary branching order absent; length: 5 0–100 mm; diameter:>19.9 mm, axial-dominated, tapering strongly; radial crowding: some touching; axial/radial ratio:>1:10. Axial corallites: two synapticular rings; porous; outer diameter 2.1–4.0 mm; inner diameter 0.5–1.5 mm; primary septa to ¾ R. Radial corallites: large; two synapticular rings; two sizes; inner wall developed; shape: tubular; openings: dimidiate; primary septa to ½ R. Coenosteum: different on and between radials: between radials: reticulate, on radials: costate; spinule shape: single point. Further literature. Sheppard & Sheppard (1991), Nishihira & Veron (1995), Wallace & Wolstenholme (1998), Wallace (1999), Veron (2000), Pillay et al. (2002).

Figures

FIG. 81. Acropora robusta, Pohnpei, Micronesia, 2009 (photo: P. Muir). Map of documented distribution: blue squares = MTQ specimens; pink squares = literature records; orange diamonds = type localities (where given), including primary synonyms.