| Family: |
Acroporidae () |
| Max. size: |
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| Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 20 m |
| Distribution: |
Indo-Pacific. |
| Diagnosis: |
Colonies are submassive or encrusting plates or form flat tiers. Corallites are immersed or exsert (intermixed); or conical with thick thecae. Thecal and coenosteum papillae are both thick. Uniformly brown or blue. Corallites centers may be brightly colored (Ref. 846). |
| Biology: |
Upper and lower reef slopes (Ref. 846). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 01 January 2008 (A4c) Ref. 123251)
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| Threat to humans: |
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