Husbandry
“From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”
Acropora glauca
(Brook, 1893)
Characters: Colonies consist of flat, highly fused, basal branches with irregular upright branchlets. The entire colony is sometimes a single solid plate and sometimes upward branchlets are not developed. Axial corallites are indistinct from radial corallites. Radial corallites have wide openings and thick lips.
Colour: Brown, cream or green.
Habitat: Rocky foreshores of subtropical locations.
Abundance: Common in subtropical locations, rare elsewhere.
Similar species: Acropora arabensis , Acropora branchi , Acropora orbicularis , Acropora retusa
Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic references: Veron and Wallace (1984), Wallace (1999). Additional identification guides: Veron (1986), Nishihira and Veron (1995).
Acropora glauca
(Brook, 1893)
Characters: Colonies consist of flat, highly fused, basal branches with irregular upright branchlets. The entire colony is sometimes a single solid plate and sometimes upward branchlets are not developed. Axial corallites are indistinct from radial corallites. Radial corallites have wide openings and thick lips.
Colour: Brown, cream or green.
Habitat: Rocky foreshores of subtropical locations.
Abundance: Common in subtropical locations, rare elsewhere.
Similar species: Acropora arabensis , Acropora branchi , Acropora orbicularis , Acropora retusa
Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic references: Veron and Wallace (1984), Wallace (1999). Additional identification guides: Veron (1986), Nishihira and Veron (1995).
