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Description:
Colonies form bottlebrush thickets with upright or prostrate main branches. Axial and incipient axial corallites are short and tapered. Radial corallites are small and pocket-shaped. All corallites have thick walls.
Color: Uniform pale brown or cream, rarely blue or mauve.
Habitat: Deep water or protected reef backs and lagoons.
Abundance: Common.
Similar Species: Acropora subglabra, which forms more open branches and has less numerous radial corallites with thinner walls. See also A. longicyathus and A. elseyi.
Synonyms:
Acropora prolixa (Verrill, 1866)
Madrepora (Rhabdocyathus) carduus Dana, 1846
Madrepora carduus Dana, 1846
Madrepora prolixa Verrill, 1866
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus) > Acropora carduus (Species)
Colonies form bottlebrush thickets with upright or prostrate main branches. Axial and incipient axial corallites are short and tapered. Radial corallites are small and pocket-shaped. All corallites have thick walls.
Color: Uniform pale brown or cream, rarely blue or mauve.
Habitat: Deep water or protected reef backs and lagoons.
Abundance: Common.
Similar Species: Acropora subglabra, which forms more open branches and has less numerous radial corallites with thinner walls. See also A. longicyathus and A. elseyi.
Synonyms:
Acropora prolixa (Verrill, 1866)
Madrepora (Rhabdocyathus) carduus Dana, 1846
Madrepora carduus Dana, 1846
Madrepora prolixa Verrill, 1866
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus) > Acropora carduus (Species)
