Members of this genus are generally fragile corals with branches less than ten centimetres long which form small colonies. The branches are either spreading or may be clustered and are sometimes fused together. The calices are rounded and up to one millimetre in diameter. The area between the calices is porous with numerous small tubercles. There are no axial corallites and the main septa number six with a few more subsidiary ones.[1] The small radial corallites have an ‘empty’ appearance similar to Montipora. The delicate tentacles can often be seen extended during the day.[2]
Distributionedit
Members of this genus occur in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific being found mostly in muddy waters. They are generally uncommon and are not a reef species.[1]
anacropora, genus, stony, corals, acroporidae, family, they, sometimes, called, briar, corals, there, seven, known, species, illustration, gracilis, solida, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, cnidaria, class, hexacorallia. Anacropora is a genus of stony corals in the Acroporidae family They are sometimes called briar corals and there are seven known species Anacropora Illustration of Anacropora gracilis and Anacropora solida Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Cnidaria Class Hexacorallia Order Scleractinia Family Acroporidae Genus AnacroporaRidley 1884 Species see text Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 Species 4 ReferencesDescription editMembers of this genus are generally fragile corals with branches less than ten centimetres long which form small colonies The branches are either spreading or may be clustered and are sometimes fused together The calices are rounded and up to one millimetre in diameter The area between the calices is porous with numerous small tubercles There are no axial corallites and the main septa number six with a few more subsidiary ones 1 The small radial corallites have an empty appearance similar to Montipora The delicate tentacles can often be seen extended during the day 2 Distribution editMembers of this genus occur in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific being found mostly in muddy waters They are generally uncommon and are not a reef species 1 Species editAnacropora forbesi Ridley 1884 Anacropora matthai Pillai 1973 Anacropora pillai Veron 2002 Anacropora puertogalerae Nemenzo 1964 Anacropora reticulata Veron and Wallace 1984 Anacropora spinosa Rehberg 1892 Anacropora spumosa Veron Turak amp DeVantier 2002 3 References edit a b Scleractinian Coral Family Acroporidae biophysics sbg ac at Archived from the original on 1 May 2012 Retrieved 3 October 2019 Coral hub Anacropora Encyclopedia of Life eol org Retrieved 3 October 2019 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 Anacropora amp oldid 1172107793, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
