Acropora downingi Wallace, 1999

Samiei, Jahangir Vajed, Dab, Koosha, Ghezellou, Parviz & Shirvani, Arash, 2013, Some scleractinian corals (Scleractinia: Anthozoa) of Larak Island, Persian Gulf, Zootaxa 3636 (1), pp. 101-143 : 103

Acropora downingi Wallace, 1999

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Material: ZUTC Cnid. 1001, colony fragment, Larak Island, 26° 53' 0.7" N, 56° 20' 51.3" E, Coll. J. Vajed Samiei, November 2010.

Identification guide: Wallace (1999)

Notes for local identification: Colonies mostly form tables. There are upright branchlets on the upper surface.

Abundance: Common.

Depth of occurrence: About 3 to 9 m.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Acropora downingi, a, exoskeleton; b, close up of corallites; c, underwater photograph of the colony; d, underwater photograph of polyps.