Fused Staghorn Acropora prolifera

Classification

Acroporidae [family]
Acropora [genus] (3)
prolifera [species]

Classification

Acroporidae [family]
Acropora [genus] (3)
prolifera [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Curaçao
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  • Sint Eustatius
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    Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
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  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
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    Notes on presence status Marine species are considered ubiquitous around the Dutch Caribbean by Macrae et al (2021), but this species has not been recorded yet on Aruba, Bonaire, St. Maarten and Saba.

    Publications

    • Hoeksema, B.W., Moorsel, G.W.N.M. van 2016. Stony corals of St. Eustatius. In: Marine biodiversity survey of St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, 2015. 32-37. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, and ANEMOON Foundation, Bennebroek.
    • MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.
    • Roos, P.J. 1971. The shallow-water stony corals of the Netherlands Antilles. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 37: 1-108.