Acropora secale (Studer, 1878)

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 : 180

Acropora secale (Studer, 1878)

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Madrepora secale Studer, 1878: 530.

Madrepora concinna Brook, 1891: 460 ; 1893: 165, pl. 17. Madrepora diversa Brook, 1891: 461 ; 1893: 424, pl. 117 figs 3–6.

Madrepora violacea Brook, 1892: 465 ; 1893: 167, pl. 11 fig. A.

Madrepora quelchi Brook, 1893: 90 , pl. 32 fig. D.

Acropora otteri Crossland, 1952: 229 , pl. 43 figs 1–2, pl. 44 figs 1–2.

Type locality. Singapore (Studer specimen, not type?) MNB.

MTQ Holdings. Red Sea: G57770, G57782, G57784–85 Egypt; G54712, G55245–47 Saudi Arabia; G54741, G54755, G54763, G58863 Yemen; Socotra: G56960; Kenya: G35562, G35570–72, G54938, G59128–33, G59607–09; Aldabra: G36934, G36938–40; Mayotte: G63308–12, G63396–98; Seychelles: G51852–54, G59484, G59494, G59516, G59522, G59527; Mauritius: G54901; Maldives: G52004, G52060–64, G53030, G59749–51, G59885–94, G59986, G60266, G60368, G60381; Chagos: G51413–19, G51432–33, G51453–56, G51762–63; Sri Lanka: G55225, G55230, G55759, G56328–30; Thailand: G36139, G36145, G52637–38, G56098–0 2, G56064, G59313, G59317, G59415, G61744–45, G61754, G62999; Malaysia: G40187, G40192 Sabah; Singapore: G41016; Indonesia: G60246, G47171, G47186–87, G49637, G49724 Sumatra; G32841, G32846 Java; G49629–31, G49640, G50458, G54184 Bali; G50981 Nusa Tenggara; G49619–20 Alor; G48056, G49613–14 Lombok; G54202–03, G54428–33 Tukangbesi Islands; G49615–18, G49638, G50456–57 Flores; G39822–23, G49625–28 Kalimantan; G51518 Semau; G48050–55, G49605, G49609–12, G49621–24, G49632, G49639, G50095, G50982–83, G59385, G59660 Sulawesi; G54185–87, G54201 Molucca Sea; G54204–05, G54188–200 Halmahera; G48040, G48057–61, G49606–0 8 Banda Sea; G60756, G60990, G61282, G61296 Irian Jaya; G35766 Irian Jaya; Australia: G40870, G40872, G41152, G48777 West; G28070–71, G28073–77, G28219–23, G28225–28, G29120–30, G29132, G29134–36, G29138, G29652–56, G29658, G29660–63, G29665, G30510–11, G30515, G30517–18, G30520–23, G30525–26, G30528–44, G30546–53, G30557–59, G32220–21, G34231, G35375–76, G39883, G43575, G43584–86, G47623, G48298, G48303, G48319, G49241–42, G50691, G57035, G57545, G57735, G57898, G58901–03, G60519–20, G62910–11, G63110, G63809 Great Barrier Reef; G30545, G47287, G60447, G64957–60 South-East; G28224, G29657, G30514, G30516, G30524, G33462, G33468–69, G33471–72, G33474, G33486–87, G33495, G33509, G33511, G33514, G33753, G35884–86, G57633, G57638, G58047 Coral Sea; South China Sea: G46824, G52167, G52364; Japan: G38062, G47804–05; Taiwan: G45818; Philippines: G32833, G41696, G41702; Palau: G56647, G56849, G56901, G61864; Guam: G40743, G40748, G63330; Papua New Guinea: G35822, G53061–77, G53422–24; Louisiade Archipelago: G33363, G35365–66; Micronesia: G38006, G40760, G41171 Yap; G59280–81, G62389–93, G62609–10 Pohnpei; G62726–7, G62787 Kosrae; New Caledonia: G61021, G61206; Chesterfield Atoll: G29659, G30527, G30554, G58911–12; Marshall Is.: G57283–84, G57320; Fiji: G40939; Samoa: G34755, G36642, G43479, G43486; Niue: G54664; Line Is.: G59693; Cook Is.: G35730; French Polynesia: G58659, G58660; Tahiti: G53581–82.

Species group: nasuta .

Description. Colony outline: determinate, predominantly corymbose. Branches: tertiary branching order absent; length: 5 0–100 mm; diameter: 10.0–19.9 mm, radial-dominated, terete; radial crowding: some touching; axial/radial ratio:>1:10. Axial corallites: three synapticular rings; not porous; outer diameter 1.4–3.3 mm; inner diameter 0.3–1.2 mm; primary septa to ¾ R. Radial corallites: medium; three synapticular rings; two sizes; inner wall developed; shape: tubular; openings: oval-rounded; primary septa to 1/3 R. Coenosteum: different on and between radials: between radials: reticulate, on radials: open spinules; spinule shape: laterally flattened.

Further literature. Nishihira & Veron (1995), Wallace & Wolstenholme (1998), Wallace (1999), Veron (2000), Dai & Horng (2009), Turak & DeVantier (2011).

Figures

FIG. 88. Acropora secale, G59484, Seychelles, 2006 (photo: P. Muir). Map of documented distribution: blue squares = MTQ specimens; pink squares = literature records; orange diamonds = type localities (where given), including primary synonyms.