Acropora latistella (Brook, 1892)

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 : 108

Acropora latistella (Brook, 1892)

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Madrepora latistella Brook, 1892: 459 ; 1893: 112, pl. 9 fig. B.

Madrepora patula Brook, 1892: 460 ; 1893: 111, pl. 9 fig. E.

Acropora loricata Nemenzo, 1967: 113 , pl. 32 figs 1–2. Acropora imperfecta Nemenzo, 1971: 153 , pl. 4 fig. 3.

Type locality. Port Denison, Australia (lectotype NHM).

MTQ Holdings. Red Sea: G54826 Yemen; Kenya: G54918–19; South Africa: G41041–42; Mayotte: G63283–89, G63348–52, G63418, G63438; Seychelles: G47936; La R é union: G54782–83; Mauritius: G39782, G51819–20, G54469, G54534–35, G54912; Maldives: G52091, G59778, G59959–61, G60318, G61618; Chagos: G51355–57, G51362, G51440–43, G51749, G51751–53; Thailand: G52643; Malaysia: G57665, G57757 mainland and islands; G40197 Sabah; Singapore: G45892; Indonesia: G50139 Sumatra; G50771, G59200 Java; G49909, G54070 Bali; G58648 Nusa Tenggara; G49893– 98, G49959, G50144, G50605, G53852, G58639–40, G58642–45 Alor; G54090 Lomblen; G48039, G48152, G50138 Lombok; G49819–20 Riau; G54091–92, G54424 Tukangbesi Islands; G43815, G50943, G50944 Taka’bonerate; G50735–37 Seribu Is; G36217, G48142, G50770 Ambon; G49884–90, G50140–41, G50942 Flores; G49905– 0 8, G50147–48, G50604 Kalimantan; G50142–43 Semau; G34189, G35514, G47974, G48143–51, G49881–83, G49899–904, G49910, G50137, G50145–46, G50614, G50769, G54071–76, G54130, G54230, G54453, G58647 Sulawesi; G54077, G54089 Molucca Sea; G54078–88 Halmahera; G48139–41, G49880 Banda Sea; G49891–92 West Timor; G36038 Irian Jaya; Australia: G36055, G40455, G40457, G47006–07, G48706–11, G48905–11, G51545, G60619, G60656, G61093–94, G61680 West; G48131–34, G48136, G48492, G51271 North; G27641, G27643–46, G27648, G27663–68, G27670, G27672, G27746–47, G27749–50, G27752, G27754–57, G27759, G27762, G27765–66, G27769, G27773, G27960–61, G27963–65, G27969–71, G28789, G28791–94, G28796–97, G28799–804, G28806–0 7, G29921–25, G29928–31, G29933, G30355, G30594, G30598, G31159, G32209–11, G32402–04, G33153, G33155–57, G34229, G43323, G43580, G48318, G55485, G57514, G57544, G57549, G57595, G57982, G58002, G58014, G58039, G58112, G58402, G58527, G59010–11, G59015, G59029–32, G60505, G60546, G62816–18, G64613–14, G64706, G64784 Great Barrier Reef; G27647, G28798, G28809–10, G30595–97, G30599–603, G30691–705,

G30707–08, G30745, G35802–0 3, G41078–79, G47284, G60062, G65001–04 South-East; G27751, G27758, G27761, G27774, G27955–56, G27959, G27962, G27968, G28790, G30706, G33154, G35871, G35873–76, G39841, G57614, G57627, G57634, G60561 Coral Sea; Japan: G38023, G47741–43, G47807, G62298; Taiwan: G35541, G45906– 12, G45923–25, G45928–29, G47610; Palau: G55007, G56633; Papua New Guinea: G52927–31, G53555–56, G53592, G53610–12, G53721, G61737; Micronesia: G37994 Chuuk; G40814, G62475–77, G62479, G62538, G62559, G62562 Pohnpei; G62759 Kosrae; Solomon Is.: G52588; New Caledonia: G34950, G40887, G58704, G61045; Vanuatu: G35600; Chesterfield Atoll: G27748, G27753, G27760, G27763, G27771–72, G27957–58, G27967, G28795, G29926, G29932, G38148, G58916; Marshall Is.: G37960, G47223–24, G56326, G56173–74; Kiribati: G54961, G54970–72, G59676; Tuvalu: G35605; Fiji: G35599; Samoa: G54268, G56031; Niue: G36028, G36103, G54668; Cook Is.: G35693, G35725, G35856, G53914, G55543; French Polynesia: G39730; Tuamotu Archipelago: G32863; Austral Is.: G35870; Pitcairn Is.: G35741–43, G54617–19, G63120. Species group: latistella.

Description. Colony outline: determinate, predominantly corymbose. Branches: tertiary branching order absent; length: 5 0–100 mm; diameter: 2.5–4.9 mm, radial-dominated, terete; radial crowding: some touching; axial/radial ratio:>1:10. Axial corallites: two synapticular rings; porous; outer diameter 1.4–3.0 mm; inner diameter 0.6–0.9 mm; primary septa to ¾ R. Radial corallites: small; two synapticular rings; one size or graded; inner wall not developed; shape: appressed tubular; openings: oval-rounded; primary septa to 2/3 R. Coenosteum: same on and between radials: costate; spinule shape: single point.

Further literature. Nishihira & Veron (1995), Wallace & Wolstenholme (1998), Wallace (1999), Veron (2000), Pillay et al. (2002), Dai & Horng (2009), Wallace et al. (2009), Turak & DeVantier (2011).

Figures

FIG. 52. Acropora latistella, G63418, Mayotte, East Indian Ocean, 2010 (photo: P. Muir). Map of documented distribution: blue squares = MTQ specimens; pink squares = literature records; orange diamonds = type localities (where given), including primary synonyms.