Acropora globiceps (Dana, 1846)

Wallace, Carden C., Done, Barbara J. & Muir, Paul R., 2012, Revision and catalogue of worldwide staghorn corals Acropora and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Museum of Tropical Queensland, Memoirs of the Queensland Museu Nature 57, pp. 1-258 : 76

Acropora globiceps (Dana, 1846)

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Madrepora globiceps Dana, 1846: 454 , pl. 34 fig. 3.

Type locality. Tahiti (holotype NMNH SI).

MTQ Holdings. Australia: G60453 South-East; G39834 Coral Sea; Niue: G36079, G36105, G36107– 0 8, G49020–24, G54512; Cook Is.: G35931, G35943–44, G36080–85, G36115, G36122, G49053 French Polynesia: G44041, G56681–85, G58767; Society Is.: G49061; Pitcairn Is.: G35748–49, G35753, G49037, G49040–42. Species group: humilis .

Description. Colony outline: determinate, predominantly corymbose. Branches: tertiary branching order absent; length: 5 0–100 mm; diameter: 10.0–19.9 mm, axial-dominated, reverse

tapering; radial crowding: some touching; axial/radial ratio:>1:10. Axial corallites: greater than three synapticular rings; not porous; outer diameter 3.0–4.5 mm; inner diameter 1.2–2.1 mm; primary septa to ½ R. Radial corallites: medium; greater than three synapticular rings; one size or graded; inner wall developed; shape: tubular; openings: dimidiate; primary septa to ¼ R. Coenosteum: same on and between radials: reticulo-costate; spinule shape: elaborate.

Further literature. Wallace (1999), Veron (2000).

Figures

FIG. 36. Acropora globiceps, East Holmes Reef, Coral Sea, 2010 (photo: P. Muir). Map of documented distribution: blue squares = MTQ specimens; pink squares = literature records; orange diamonds = type localities (where given), including primary synonyms.