This coral forms colonies up to 20 cm across with main branches up to 10 cm long. It is pale brown in colour but appears white in strong light due to the dense skeleton. The main distinguishing feature from its congeners is the laterally flattened branches. It occurs at depths of 28–32 m.
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Richards, Zoe T.; Carden C. Wallace (2004). "Acropora rongelapensis sp. nov., a new species of Acropora from the Marshall Islands (Scleratinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 590: 1–5. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.590.1.1.
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acropora, rongelapensis, species, branching, scleractinian, corals, only, known, from, lagoon, rongelap, atoll, marshall, islands, pacific, ocean, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, cnidaria, class, hexacorallia, order, s. Acropora rongelapensis is a species of branching scleractinian corals It is only known from the lagoon of Rongelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands Pacific Ocean Acropora rongelapensis Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Cnidaria Class Hexacorallia Order Scleractinia Family Acroporidae Genus Acropora Species A rongelapensis Binomial name Acropora rongelapensisRichards amp Wallace 2004 This coral forms colonies up to 20 cm across with main branches up to 10 cm long It is pale brown in colour but appears white in strong light due to the dense skeleton The main distinguishing feature from its congeners is the laterally flattened branches It occurs at depths of 28 32 m References editRichards Zoe T Carden C Wallace 2004 Acropora rongelapensis sp nov a new species of Acropora from the Marshall Islands Scleratinia Astrocoeniina Acroporidae PDF Zootaxa 590 1 5 doi 10 11646 zootaxa 590 1 1 nbsp This Scleractinia related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Acropora rongelapensis amp oldid 1046787351, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
