species: Acropora yongei in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Acropora yongei


©Andy: A. yongei in the more typical pale brown/cream colour pattern.

©Andy: Acropora yongei.

©Andy: A. yongei. Note the cochleariform radial corallites with flared lips giving a scaley appearance.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Order Scleractinia
Family Acroporidae
Genus Acropora
Species Acropora yongei
Status least concern
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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution: Acropora yongei

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References

  • Cumming, R.L. (1996). The corallivorous gastropods Drupella cornus, D. fragum and D. rugosa: ecology and impact on coral communities at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 473.
  • Cumming, R.L. (1999). Predation on reef-building corals: multiscale variation in the density of three corallivorous gastropods, Drupella sp(p). Coral Reefs, 18: 147-157. LIRS catalog number 638.
  • Cumming, R.L. (2009). Case study: impact of Drupella spp. on reef-building corals of the Great Barrier Reef. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Research Publication, 97: 1-51. LIRS catalog number 1628.
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