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> Acropora > Acropora cytherea
Updated 2/22/2013
Family
Acroporidae
INDO-PACIFIC
& the NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Acropora cytherea
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Rapture Reef, French Frigate Shoals, 70 feet
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Gardner Pinnacles, NWHI, 20 feet |
Gardner Pinnacles, NWHI, 20 feet
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Maro Reef, NWHI, 15 feet
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Wakatobi, Indonesia
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Tutuila, American Samoa
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TABLE CORAL
Most common species of Acropora at French Frigate Shoals and Maro
Reef. Surface flat with closely spaced spiked branches, apex of a
single tubular corallite. Attains diameter of at least 6
feet. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific.
All
coral skeletons illustrated are from scientific collections taken prior
to 1998. |
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