Acropora sukarnoi Wallace, 1997

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 : 208

Acropora sukarnoi Wallace, 1997

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Acropora sukarnoi Wallace, 1997: 30 , fig. 3.

Type locality. Lombongan Bay, SE Bali, Indonesia.

MTQ Holdings. HOLOTYPE G48832, PARATYPES G49284 Sumatra, G48827–31, G59036 Bali, G48493–502, G48559, G48833, G49285–86, G50103, G50528 Alor, Indonesia; Sri Lanka: G56352–55; Thailand: G56127; Indonesia: G49283, Sumatra; G50903 Nusa Tenggara; G59073 Flores; G63340 Sulawesi; Australia: G41150 Timor Sea.

Species group: robusta .

Description. Colony outline: determinate, predominantly table. Branches: tertiary branching order absent; length: 25–50 mm; diameter:>19.9 mm, axial-dominated, tapering; radial crowding: some touching; axial/radial ratio:>1:10. Axial corallites: two synapticular rings; porous; outer diameter 2.3–3.0 mm; inner diameter 0.7–1.5 mm; primary septa to 2/3 R. Radial corallites: large; two synapticular rings; two sizes; inner wall developed; shape: tubular; openings: dimidiate; primary septa to 2/3 R. Coenosteum: different on and between radials: between radials: reticulate, on radials: costate; spinule shape: single point.

Further literature. Wallace & Wolstenholme (1998), Wallace (1999), Veron (2000), Turak & DeVantier (2011).

Figures

FIG. 102. Acropora sukarnoi, G50103 Alor Islands, Indonesia, 1994 (photo: C. Wallace). Map of documented distribution: blue squares = MTQ specimens; pink squares = literature records; orange diamonds = type localities (where given), including primary synonyms.