Guide for acropora ID

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Species:

Wallace Group (Genetics):

Veron Group (Morphological):

Colony primary shape:

Colony secondary shape:

Colony layout:

Branch thickness:

Axial corallite shape:

Axial corallite size:

Axial coralite visibility:

Appressed corallites:

Corallite spacing:

Corallites of the same size:

Coenosteum:

Polyp extension:

Depth:

Abundance:

Description:

Normal coloration:

Geographic zone:

wdt_ID	Species	Wallace Group (Genetics)	Veron Group (Morphological)	Colony primary shape	Colony secondary shape	Colony layout	Branch thickness	Axial corallite shape	Axial corallite size	Axial coralite visibility	Appressed corallites	Corallite spacing	Corallites of the same size	Coenosteum	Polyp extension	Depth	Abundance	Description	Normal coloration	Geographic zone
2	Abrotanoides	9	7	Staghorn		Disorderly	>20 mm	Tubular	Big	Not Prominent	No	Touching	No	Rough	Little PE	Shallow water	Common	Large colonies with thick branches, spiky and fused at the base. Ridden side	Green and yellow	Indian, Pacific, M. Red
3	Aculeus	0	28	Bush	Table	Orderly	5-10 mm	Tubular	Small	Not Prominent	Yes	Near	Yes	Smooth	Big PE	Shallow water	Common	Corymbose bush shaped colonies and sometimes forming thin plates with horizontal branches growing radially straight and vertical branches forming small and thin clusters	Verde, rosa, usually blue and yellow tips	Indian, Pacific
4	Acuminata	8	19	Staghorn	Table	Orderly	10-20 mm	Tubular	Small	Prominent	Yes	Near	No	Rough	Little PE	Shallow water	Uncommon	Colonies may form a thick table with distant and equidistant branches, cylindrical and curving upwards	Blue	Indian, Pacific, M. Red
5	Akajimensis	0	15	Bush		Disorderly	5-10 mm	Tubular	Small	Prominent	Yes	Distant	No	Rough	Little PE	Shallow water	Uncommon	Large arborescent colonies with irregular, long, curving branches that are inserted at 45º. Bottlebrush appearance	Yellow and blue	Western Pacific
6	Anthocercis	14	30	Table		Orderly	5-10 mm	Tubular	Small	Prominent	Yes	Touching	Yes	Rough	Big PE	Shallow water	Common	Encrusting or corymbose table shaped colonies with short branches, thick and orderly. Several axial corallites on each branch	Pink / blue and green	Indian, Pacific, M. Red
7	Appressa	0	33	Table		Orderly	10-20 mm	Tubular	Small	Prominent	Yes	Near	No	Rough	Little PE	Shallow water	Common	Corymbose or turf shaped colonies with thick conical branches	Pink tips	West Indian
8	Arabensis	3	20	Bush		Orderly	5-10 mm	Hemispherical	Small	Not Prominent	Yes	Near	Yes	Smooth	Little PE	Shallow water	Common	Arborescent colonies with thick, finger-shaped and a bit spiky branches growing in all directions	Verde	Eastern Indian and Red Sea
9	Rough	12	26	Staghorn	Finger	Orderly	10-20 mm	Tubular	Small	Prominent	No	Near	No	Rough	Big PE	Shallow water	Common	Large arborescent colonies with vertical and spiky finger-shaped branches	Verde, yellow and pink	Indian and western Pacific
10	Austere	1	11	Staghorn		Disorderly	5-10 mm	Tubular	Small	Prominent	Yes	Touching	No	Rough	Little PE	Shallow water	Uncommon	Very large arborescent colonies. The main branches are thick, long, curving, disordered and partially fused but the terminal branches are short, tapered and very abundant	Rosa, blue	Indian, Pacific, M. Red
11	Awi	20	38	Bottlebrush		Disorderly	5-10 mm	Tubular	Small	Not Prominent	Yes	Distant	No	Smooth	Little PE	Shallow water	Common	Small bushy colonies consisting of separate bottlebrush-like branches, distinguishable and disorderly	Red	Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Papua Japan