Overview
zooxanthellate
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Near Threatened |
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Brush Coral
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -6,069 meters (0 to -19,911 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Ecology:
This species occurs in shallow, tropical
reef environments. It is
found on upper reef slopes
and outer reef flats
, intertidally on
reef flats, and subtidally on reef edges, slopes
and submerged reefs
(Wallace 1999).This species is considered to be a main reef-framework
builder and is found at 4-10 m
on the Chagos lagoon
(Sheppard 1982).
Acropora hyacinthus likely spawns
annually in October in
French Polynesia. (Carroll et al.
2006) This species is
found from 5-20 m.
General genus information: throughout
its range
, Acropora can be found on any stretch
of reef
and is often the dominant coral
, especially along the reef front
.
Staghorn and plate
forms flourish in sheltered areas, whereas clusters
and semi-massive types
can withstand more exposed conditions. Species
that occur from the reef top
to the reef slope become gradually more
flattened with depth (Wood
1983).[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 9 Marine Neritic
- 9.8 Marine Neritic - Coral Reef
- 9.8.3 Foreslope (Outer Reef Slope)
- 9.8.4 Lagoon [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
()
- Leuckart, 1847
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
()
- Hatschek, 1888
- Cnidarians
- Subphylum:
Anthozoa
()
- (Ehrenberg, 1831) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Corals, Flower Animals
- Subclass:
Zoantharia
()
- Order:
Scleractinia
()
- Bourne, 1900
- Stony Corals
- Suborder:
Astrocoeniina
()
- Family:
Acroporidae
()
- Verrill, 1902
- Genus:
Acropora
()
- Oken, 1815
- Subgenus:
zooxanthellate
()
- Specific name:
hyacinthus
- (Dana 1846)
- Scientific name: - Acropora hyacinthus (Dana 1846)
- Specific name:
hyacinthus
- (Dana 1846)
- Subgenus:
zooxanthellate
(
- Genus:
Acropora
(
- Family:
Acroporidae
(
- Suborder:
Astrocoeniina
(
- Order:
Scleractinia
(
- Subclass:
Zoantharia
(
- Subphylum:
Anthozoa
(
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
(
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
(
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: zooxanthellate
Last scrutiny: 2007
Similar Species
Members of the genus Acropora
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. cervicornis (Staghorn Coral) · A. florida (Branch Coral) · A. formosa (Staghorn Coral) · A. humilis (Finger Coral) · A. hyacinthus (Brush Coral) · A. palmata (Elkhorn Coral) · A. paniculata (Table Coral) · A. prolifera (Fused Staghorn Coral)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 54, p. 55, p. 101.
- Checklist of fish and invertebrates listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 48.
- Coral Reefs of the World. url p. 13, p. 283, p. 3, p. 35, p. 51, p. 89, p. 93.
- Oceanology: biology of the ocean. M.E. Vinogradov, editor in chief; Albert L. Peabody, translator. Woods Hole, Mass.: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Center, 1985. url p. 171.
- Oceanus. Woods Hole, Mass., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution url p. 35, p. 36, p. 37.
- Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 328.
- The Natural history of Enewetak Atoll / edited by Dennis M. Devaney. .. [et al.]; prepared by Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy. Oak Ridge, Tenn.: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Health and Environmental Research, Ecological Research Division, c1987. url p. 119.
- World Checklist of Fish and Invertebrates Listed in the CITES Appendices Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 164, p. 66.
Notes
Contributors
- Aeby, G., Lovell, E., Richards, Z., Delbeek, J.C., Reboton, C. & Bass, D. 2008. Acropora hyacinthus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 29January2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Accessed March 01, 2006. www.iobis.org
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema and J. van der Land (from UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms).
- URMO: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. Release date: November 18, 2008
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - Bioresources Library (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - GBR Nearshore Coral Diversity (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - LTM Nearshore Corals (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Hexacoral Database
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
- National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2566157
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-Cn-4762
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14582939
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 52910
- IUCN ID: 188672
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 604879
Footnotes
- Mean = -404.320 meters (-1,326.509 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,374.280 based on 42,324 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Aeby, G., Lovell, E., Richards, Z., Delbeek, J.C., Reboton, C. & Bass, D. 2008. Acropora hyacinthus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 January 2012. [back]
