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Animalia Radiata Cnidaria Anthozoa Hexacorallia Scleractinia Acroporidae
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| 7 genres | 368 espèces |
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| reef-guardian | fr.wikipedia |
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| pantropical | sessiles | peu urticants |
| coraux durs ou madrépores hermatypiquessessiles, très répandus, buissonnant verticalement ou tabulaire (plaque horizontale); non réticulés; squelette léger (fragile!); corallites radiales ou axiales, densément réparties, incurvées; les polypes d'environ 2mm (large) partagent un réseau nerveux et certains tissus; couleurs très variables selon milieu |
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| colonies hermaphrodites à croissance rapide, reproduction asexuée par fragmentation d'une "branche" sectionnée et se réattachant ailleurs | ||
| No axial corallite
Corallites <2mm in diameter, columella absent Branches without basal structures: Genus Anacropora Branches with basal structures: Genus Montipora Corallites obvious (>2mm), columella present: Genus Astreopora Axial corallites on branch ends: Genus Acropora |
biophysics (Universität Salzburg) | |
| polypes nocturnes (carnivores=zooplancton) et nécessitant un fort ensoleillement (zooxanthelate, photophiles), donc à faible profondeur (<30-50m selon ensoleillement du lieu) ds eaux claires, ± brassées, mêmes pauvres en nutriments (zooxanthelles, merci); fragiles à la pollution (limpidité de l'eau), aux variations de salinité, vulnérables à l'eutrophisation et réchauffement des eaux | ||
| habitats de nb ptts poissons (demoiselles...) et autres invertébrés; sont eux-mêmes des proies pour les corallivores (perroquets, Acanthaster planci, etc...) | ||
| Etymologies | Source | |
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| Acroporidae | grec 'acros' = pointe, extrémité + 'poros' = détroit, passage, pore | doris |
| Vocabulaire acroporique | Source | |
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| anastomosing | BOT. Réunion de deux vaisseaux ou nervures. | ortolang |
| caespitose | désigne une plante ou un champignon formant à sa base une touffe compacte | wiki |
| corymbose | term for an inflorescence with the flowers growing in such a fashion that the outermost are borne on longer pedicels than the inner, bringing all flowers up to a common level | wiki |
| Acroporidae | ||
| Synonymes | / NE / ITIS | |
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| Acropora muricata
2015 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Acropora
2005 Hawaï ©Andy Collins NOAA 
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
Acropora
2006 ©David Excoffier 
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| Acropora florida ?
hébergeant Gobiodon citrinus, 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Acropora florida ?
2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Acropora florida ?
2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| Acropora humilis
hébergeant Chromis viridis, 2019 Qseir (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Acropora
2019 Cabilao (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Acropora
2019 Dauin (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| Acropora
hébergeant Bryaninops natans, 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Acropora
hébergeant Bryaninops natans, 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Acropora
hébergeant Paracirrhites forsteri, 2017 Soudan ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| Acropora muricata
2015 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Alveopora
polypes rétractés, 2014 Thailand ©Chaloklum Diving
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
Alveopora tizardi
2015 Maldives ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| Montipora delicatula
2005 Kalimantan (Borneo) by Ginette Allard (via scleractinia) |
Montipora
2009 Bali ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| Montipora
2009 Bali ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Montipora
2009 Bali ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| Acroporidae | ||
| Acropora cerealis | ||
| aquaportail / en.wiki / coralsoftheworld | Acropora cerialis | Dana, 1846 / LC / ITIS 52917 |
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| 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2013 Détroit de Torres (Au) by Kate Osborne
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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2017 Madagascar ©Carmelo López Abad
(via INaturalist) |
2017 Madagascar ©Carmelo López Abad
(via INaturalist) |
2017 Queensland (Au) ©Matthew Connors
(via INaturalist) |
| Indo-WPacifiq & Red Sea | tropical | |
| 3-20m / 30-60cm (colonie) | Hermaphrodite | commun et très répandu, caespitose or corymbose, composed of branches which interlock in three dimensions |
| Acropora cerealis | ||
| Acropora cervicornis | ||
| Scleractinia.gi / doris / aquaportail / ADW / coralpedia / en.wiki / coralsoftheworld | Madrepora cervicornis Madrepora attenuata |
Lamarck, 1816 / CR / ITIS 52862 |
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| NOAA
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Puerto Rico by Roban Kramer
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2007 by Adona9
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2017 Caïmans Is. ©Rachel Andres-Beck
(via INaturalist) |
2019 Vera Cruz ©Jonh Arias
(via INaturalist) |
2017 Virgin Is. ©John C.
(via INaturalist) |
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| 2007 ©Albert Kok
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2006 by Joeschmitty
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Virgin Is. Onislandtimes
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Atlantiq W | Corne de cerf | tropical |
| 1-20m / colonie : 20 cm à 2.50 m | colonie hermaphrodite; croissance rapide (10cm/an) | mode calme et clair, arborescent, composed of cylindrical branches which subdivide infrequently, fragile |
| Acropora cervicornis | ||
| Acropora clathrata | ||
| fr.wiki / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Brook, 1891 / LC / ITIS 52921 |
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| 2014 Komodo ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | hébergeant Pomacentrus moluccensis,
2014 Komodo ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
hébergeant Dascyllus reticulatus,
2014 Komodo ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| 2013 Australia by Michelle Jonker
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
hébergeant Chromis ternatensis,
2012 Bunaken (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
2013 Australia by Michelle Jonker
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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2014 Queensland (Au) ©Nick Lambert
(via INaturalist) |
2014 Samoa by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2012 Maldives by MDC Seamarc
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WPacifiq & Red Sea | tropical | |
| shallow / 35cm | tabulaire, side-attached & anastomosing branches, commun, très photophile | |
| Acropora clathrata | ||
| Acropora cytherea | ||
| aquaportail / fr.wiki / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Dana, 1846 / LC / ITIS 52907 |
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| 2009 Maldives by Christian Jensen
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2004 NW-Hawaii ©Dr. Dwayne Meadows
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2012 Bunaken (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| 2004 NW-Hawaii ©Dr. Dwayne Meadows
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2009 Samoa by Eva DiDonato
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2010 Maldives by MDC Seamarc
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2013 Maldives ©Frédéric Ducarme
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WCPacifiq & Mer Rouge | tropical | |
| 2-25m | tabulaire, mode calme, très photophile, commune | |
| Acropora cytherea | ||
| Acropora formosa | ||
| aquaportail / recif-france / souslesmers / coralsoftheworld / animal-world / liveaquaria / ADW | Acropora muricata | Dana, 1846 / NT / ITIS 52890 |
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| 2010 Shalanyat Wahed (Egypte) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2011 Maldives by MDC Seamarc
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2011 Maldives by MDC Seamarc
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2009 St-Leu (Réunion) ©Philippe Bourjon
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2017 Queensland (Au) © Matthew Connors
(via INaturalist) |
2019 Thailand ©Dan Schofield
(via INaturalist) |
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| 2017 Queensland (Au) © Matthew Connors
(via INaturalist) |
2017 Queensland (Au) © Matthew Connors
(via INaturalist) |
2019 Thailand ©Dan Schofield
(via INaturalist) |
| Indo-WCPacifiq & Red Sea | Acropore bois de cerf | tropical |
| 5-30m / 30-150 cm ht & 10m wide (colony) / 2-5cm dia (bras) | croissance rapide (2-6cm / an) | arborescent,with cylindrical branches, mode calme et clair, photophile, abondant |
| Acropora formosa | ||
| Acropora hemprichii | ||
| fr.wiki / coralsoftheworld / nomadica | Synonymes | Ehrenberg, 1834 / VU / ITIS 52867 |
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| 2019 Aqaba ©svetlanakhanty
(via INaturalist) |
2011 Maldives by MDC Seamarc
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2010 Maldives by MDC Seamarc
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2011 Fiji by Paul Asman & Jill Lenoble
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2017 Saudi Arabia ©claudiapogoreutz
(via INaturalist) |
| W&C-Indian & Red Sea | tropical | |
| 3-15m / 2m dia (colonie) / 12-30mm dia & 8cm lg (branches) / 24ans | hermaphrodite | robuste, buissonnant, érigé, abondant, mode battu, très photophile |
| Acropora hemprichii | ||
| Acropora humilis | ||
| souslesmers / aquaportail / animal-world / recif-france / reef-guardian / en.wiki / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Dana, 1846 / NT / ITIS 52868 |
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| 2009 Maldives by Christian Jensen
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Eva DiDonato
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2010 Maldives by MDC Seamarc
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2017 Saudi Arabia ©claudiapogoreutz
(via INaturalist) |
2018 Sabah (Ph) © tracc
(via INaturalist) |
A. millepora
2014 Queensland (Au) ©Ryan McMinds
(via INaturalist) |
| Indo-WCPacifiq & Red Sea | Corail vinaigrier | tropical |
| 3-5m (jsq15m) / 50-80 cm ht & <1m² (colonie) / <10cm lg & 3cm wide (branche) | croissance lente, hermaphrodite | mode battu, photophile, digitiforme, épais, solide, très courant |
| Acropora humilis | ||
| Acropora hyacinthus | ||
| aquaportail / fr.wiki/ recifalnews / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Dana, 1846 / NT / ITIS 52910 |
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| Maldives by MDC Seamarc
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2015 Queensland (Au) ©Ryan McMinds
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Susanna Pershern
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2018 Polynesie © Andrea Glockner-Fagetti
(via INaturalist) |
2017 Queensland (Au) © Matthew Connors
(via INaturalist) |
2015 Polynesie © Ryan McMinds
(via INaturalist) |
| Indo-W&CPacifiq & Red Sea | Acropore tabulaire géant | tropical |
| 10-30m / 5m dia (colonie) | colonies tabulaires & plates avec pied, diurne, en mode battu ms fragile | |
| Acropora hyacinthus | ||
| Acropora lamarcki | ||
| souslesmers / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Veron, 2002 / DD / ITIS |
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| 2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| 2006 Sinaï (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2006 Hurghada (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2004 Sharm el Sheik (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Mer Rouge & E-Indian Ocean | Acropore de Lamarck | tropical |
| 2m dia (colonie) / 15mm thick (branches) | corymbose plates or irregular cushion-like plates, touffu, commun | |
| Acropora lamarcki | ||
| Acropora microphthalma | ||
| ADW / en.wiki / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Verrill, 1859 / LC / ITIS 52893 |
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| 2013 Détroit de Torrès (Au) by Kate Osborne
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Brian Harry
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2017 Queensland (Au) ©Matthew Connors
(via INaturalist) |
2017 Queensland (Au) ©Matthew Connors
(via INaturalist) |
2013 Détroit de Torrès (Au) by Kate Osborne
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WPacifiq & Mer Rouge | tropical | |
| 5-25m / >2m wide (colonie) | arborescent, photophile, courant | |
| Acropora microphthalma | ||
| Acropora millepora | ||
| aquaportail / ADW / fr.wiki / sealifebase / reefbuilders / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Ehrenberg, 1834 / NT / ITIS 52901 |
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| 2013 Queensland (Au) by David Witherall and Sabrina Prince
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2011 Maldives by MDC Seamarc
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2013 Queensland (Au) by Lundgren, Vera, Peplow, Manel & van Oppen
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2019 Philippines © sykospark
(via INaturalist) |
2019 Queensland (Au) ©elawrey
(via INaturalist) |
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| Indo-WPacifiq & Red Sea | plate acropora | tropical |
| shallow 1-2mm dia (polype) | Hermaphroditic | corymbes courtes, buissonnant, irrégulier, sur platier ou lagons, commun, mode calme |
| Acropora millepora | ||
| Acropora monticulosa | ||
| aquaportail / fr.wiki / coralsoftheworld / reefbuilders | Synonymes | Brüggemann, 1879 / NT / ITIS 52876 |
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| 2012 Maldives by MDC Seamarc
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2012 Maldives by MDC Seamarc
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2013 Détroit de Torrès (Au) by Kerryn Johns
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2019 Taiwan ©Lin Scott
(via INaturalist) |
2019 Papouasia (ID) ©Emily Zucker
(via INaturalist) |
2018 Vietnam ©krkzv
(via INaturalist) |
| Indo-W&CPacifiq | Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle | tropical |
| <5m (jsq12m) / >3m dia (colonies) | corymbes with pyramid-shaped branchlets, solide, mode brassé | |
| Acropora monticulosa | ||
| Acropora palmata | ||
| en.wiki / coralpedia / doris / aquaportail / ADW / coralsoftheworld | pâte à chaux (créole) | Lamarck, 1816 / CR / ITIS 53232 |
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| 2913 Cuba by Tisquesusa
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2012 Caraïbes by CuernoDeAlce_JanPaulZegarra
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2011 Bahamas by James St. John
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2019 Curaçao ©sandranap
(via INaturalist) |
2006 2019 Virgin Is. by Caroline Rogers
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Florida NOAA
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2008 ©Nick Hobgood
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2008 Key Largo (US) ©Jim Stuby
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2010 Antilles ©Nhobgood
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| Florida 2007 ©Joelr31
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2019 Venezuela ©Samuel Brinker
(via INaturalist) |
2019 Virgin Is. by
(via INaturalist) |
| W-Atlantiq | Corail corne d'élan | tropical |
| 2-4 m dia / <2 m ht & <4m wide (colonie) | colonies hermaphrodites + bouturage; croissance très rapide (10-15cm/an) | mode battu et clair, branches horizontally flattened towards their extremities, horizontally fused basal branches |
| Acropora palmata | ||
| Acropora prolifera | ||
| coralpedia / en.wiki / coralsoftheworld / reefdivers | Synonymes | Lamarck, 1816 / NE / ITIS 52863 |
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| 2019 Antigua ©Ruleo Camacho
(via INaturalist) |
2019 República Dominicana ©Ana Carolina Hernández-Oquet
(via INaturalist) |
2019 Haïti ©Andreina Valdez-Trinidad
(via INaturalist) |
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| 2005 Bahamas ©Mark Eakin NOAA
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2019 Yucatan (Mxq) ©d99
(via INaturalist) |
2019 Haïti ©Andreina Valdez-Trinidad
(via INaturalist) |
| W-Atlantiq | tropical | |
| 2-4m / 2cm dia (branches) / 1.2m wide (colonie) | buissonnant & touffu ou palmé; uncommon | |
| Acropora prolifera | ||
| Acropora pulchra | ||
| aquaportail / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Brook, 1891/ NE / ITIS 52900 |
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| 2019 Guam ©Ashton Williams
(via INaturalist) |
2007 by Albert Kok
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Estrecho de Torres (Au) by Paul Muir
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WPacifiq (no Red Sea) | tropical | |
| <20m / >5m dia (colonie) | arborescent ou corymbe | |
| Acropora pulchra | ||
| Acropora valida | ||
| en.wiki / coralsoftheworld / aquaportail / nomadica | Acropora variabilis Klunzinger, 1879 | Dana, 1846 / DD / ITIS 52866 |
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| 2006 Hurghda (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2006 Hurghda (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2012 Cairns (Au) by David Witherall and Lyka
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2007 ©Albert Kok
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| Indian Ocean & WPacifiq | tropical | |
| <15m / >50cm dia (colonie) | form compact irregular or digitate bushes to corymbose plates, commun, très photophile, mode brassé | |
| Acropora valida | ||
| Alveopora spongiosa | ||
| en.wiki / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Dana,1846 / NT / ITIS 53238 |
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| 2014 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2013 Estrecho de Torres (Au) by Kerryn Johns
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2013 aquarium by Jesse Hofmann-Smith
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 S-Africa ©dobura
(via INaturalist) |
2014 S-Africa ©dobura
(via INaturalist) |
| Indo-WCPacifiq & Red Sea | tropical | |
| 9-20m (jsq 50m) / <2m dia (colonie) | mode calme, solide, encroûtant or form solid plates with flat or irregular surface | |
| Alveopora spongiosa | ||
| Montipora foliosa | ||
| aquaportail / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Pallas, 1766 / NT / ITIS |
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| 2002 Sulawesi by Patrick Scaps (via scleractinia) | 2007 by Albert Kok
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2019 Vietnam ©krkzv
(via INaturalist) |
| Indo-WCPacifiq & Red Sea | tropical | |
| <20m | lamelles, feuilles de salade (laitue) | |
| Montipora foliosa | ||
| Montipora undata | ||
| coralsoftheworld / aquaportail | Synonymes | Bernard, 1897 / NT / ITIS 52960 |
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| 2014 S-Africa ©dobura
(via INaturalist) |
2004 Siladen (Sulawesi) by Ginette Allard (via scleractinia) | |
| Indo-WCPacifiq & Red Sea | tropical | |
| vertical plates or thick columns and branches, encroûtant | ||
| Montipora undata | ||
MàJ 16/03/2023
