species: Montipora aequituberculata in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Montipora aequituberculata


©Anne: A colony of Montipora aequituberculata about 60 cm wide on a vertical wall at Cod Hole near Lizard Island

©Anne: Detail of Montipora aequituberculata at Cod Hole near Lizard Island

©Anne: Detail of Montipora aequituberculata at Cod Hole near Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Order Scleractinia
Family Acroporidae
Genus Montipora
Species Montipora aequituberculata
Status least concern
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Colours

         

Distinguishing features

Colonies encrusting or flat plates with polyps on one side only, often in overlapping whorls and sometimes forming tubes. The colony surface is uneven. Corallites are located on and between the bumps and are surrounded by smaller papillae.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Dornelas, M. (2006). Coral assemblages and neutral theory. PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1626.
  • Dornelas, M. and S.R. Connolly (2008). Multiple modes in a coral species abundance distribution, Ecology Letters, 11: 1008-1016. LIRS catalog number 1145.
  • Negri, A.P., C. Vollhardt, C. Humphrey, A. Heyward, R. Jones, G. Eaglesham and K. Fabricius (2005). Effects of the herbicide diuron on the early life history stages of coral, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 51: 370-383. LIRS catalog number 1167.
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