Dr. David Obura, Kenia
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“From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”
Acropora pharaonis
(Milne Edwards and Haime, 1860)
Characters: Colonies are large horizontal tables or irregular clusters of horizontal or upright interlinked contorted branches. Branches are pointed and have short branchlets which link main branches. Axial corallites are small and incipient axial corallites are abundant giving branches a spiky surface. Radial corallites are appressed, with nariform openings.
Colour: Grey-brown, usually with pale branch tips.
Habitat: Sheltered reef slopes.
Abundance: Common.
Similar species: Acropora clathrata , Acropora parapharaonis , Acropora plumosa
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus) > Acropora pharaonis (Species)
Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic references: Scheer and Pillai (1983), Wallace (1999). Additional identification guide: Sheppard and Sheppard (1991).
Acropora pharaonis
(Milne Edwards and Haime, 1860)
Characters: Colonies are large horizontal tables or irregular clusters of horizontal or upright interlinked contorted branches. Branches are pointed and have short branchlets which link main branches. Axial corallites are small and incipient axial corallites are abundant giving branches a spiky surface. Radial corallites are appressed, with nariform openings.
Colour: Grey-brown, usually with pale branch tips.
Habitat: Sheltered reef slopes.
Abundance: Common.
Similar species: Acropora clathrata , Acropora parapharaonis , Acropora plumosa
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus) > Acropora pharaonis (Species)
Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic references: Scheer and Pillai (1983), Wallace (1999). Additional identification guide: Sheppard and Sheppard (1991).
