Acropora, Oken, 1815

Sola, Erwan, Silva, Isabel Marques da & Glassom, David, 2015, An annotated and illustrated checklist of species of the coral genus Acropora (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) from Vamizi Island, Mozambique, African Invertebrates 56 (3), pp. 807-807 : 837

Acropora selago (Studer, 1878)

Fig. 28

Colony growth form: Caespito-corymbose; finely structured branches are terete and branchlets are regularly spaced.

Axial corallites: Outer diameter 1.6–2.3 mm; inner diameter 0.6–0.8 mm; primary and secondary septa are reduced or absent.

Radial corallites: Scale-like; upper wall absent, lower wall projects upward and has sharp lip usually not flaring.

Coenosteum: Neatly costate, occasional lines of spinules in space between radial corallites.

Figures

Fig. 28. Acropora selago. Live colony. Note that this specimen was unfortunately lost from the collection before photographic processing, therefore skeleton photographs are not available.