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Animalia Radiata Cnidaria Anthozoa Hexacorallia Scleractinia Acroporidae
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7 genres | 368 espèces |
Références web | |
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reef-guardian | fr.wikipedia |
Description | ||
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pantropical | sessiles | peu urticants |
coraux durs ou madrépores hermatypiquessessiles, très répandus, buissonnant verticalement ou tabulaire (plaque horizontale); non réticulés; squelette léger (fragile!); corallites radiales ou axiales, densément réparties, incurvées; les polypes d'environ 2mm (large) partagent un réseau nerveux et certains tissus; couleurs très variables selon milieu | ||
colonies hermaphrodites à croissance rapide, reproduction asexuée par fragmentation d'une "branche" sectionnée et se réattachant ailleurs | ||
No axial corallite
Corallites <2mm in diameter, columella absent Branches without basal structures: Genus Anacropora Branches with basal structures: Genus Montipora Corallites obvious (>2mm), columella present: Genus Astreopora Axial corallites on branch ends: Genus Acropora |
biophysics (Universität Salzburg) | |
polypes nocturnes (carnivores=zooplancton) et nécessitant un fort ensoleillement (zooxanthelate, photophiles), donc à faible profondeur (<30-50m selon ensoleillement du lieu) ds eaux claires, ± brassées, mêmes pauvres en nutriments (zooxanthelles, merci); fragiles à la pollution (limpidité de l'eau), aux variations de salinité, vulnérables à l'eutrophisation et réchauffement des eaux | ||
habitats de nb ptts poissons (demoiselles...) et autres invertébrés; sont eux-mêmes des proies pour les corallivores (perroquets, Acanthaster planci, etc...) |
Etymologies | Source | |
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Acroporidae | grec 'acros' = pointe, extrémité + 'poros' = détroit, passage, pore | doris |
Vocabulaire acroporique | Source | |
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anastomosing | BOT. Réunion de deux vaisseaux ou nervures. | ortolang |
caespitose | désigne une plante ou un champignon formant à sa base une touffe compacte | wiki |
corymbose | term for an inflorescence with the flowers growing in such a fashion that the outermost are borne on longer pedicels than the inner, bringing all flowers up to a common level | wiki |
Acroporidae | ||
Synonymes | / NE / ITIS | |
Acropora muricata
2015 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Acropora
2005 Hawaï ©Andy Collins NOAA (via Wikimedia Commons) |
Acropora
2006 ©David Excoffier (via Wikimedia Commons) |
Acropora florida ?
hébergeant Gobiodon citrinus, 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Acropora florida ?
2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Acropora florida ?
2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Acropora humilis
hébergeant Chromis viridis, 2019 Qseir (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Acropora
2019 Cabilao (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Acropora
2019 Dauin (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Acropora
hébergeant Bryaninops natans, 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Acropora
hébergeant Bryaninops natans, 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Acropora
hébergeant Paracirrhites forsteri, 2017 Soudan ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Acropora muricata
2015 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Alveopora
polypes rétractés, 2014 Thailand ©Chaloklum Diving (via Wikimedia Commons) |
Alveopora tizardi
2015 Maldives ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
Montipora delicatula
2005 Kalimantan (Borneo) by Ginette Allard (via scleractinia) |
Montipora
2009 Bali ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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Montipora
2009 Bali ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Montipora
2009 Bali ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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tropical | ||
Acroporidae | ||
Acropora cerealis | ||
aquaportail / en.wiki / coralsoftheworld | Acropora cerialis | Dana, 1846 / LC / ITIS 52917 |
2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2013 Détroit de Torres (Au) by Kate Osborne (via Wikimedia Commons) | |
2017 Madagascar ©Carmelo López Abad (via INaturalist) | 2017 Madagascar ©Carmelo López Abad (via INaturalist) | 2017 Queensland (Au) ©Matthew Connors (via INaturalist) |
Indo-WPacifiq & Red Sea | tropical | |
3-20m / 30-60cm (colonie) | Hermaphrodite | commun et très répandu, caespitose or corymbose, composed of branches which interlock in three dimensions |
Acropora cerealis | ||
Acropora cervicornis | ||
Scleractinia.gi / doris / aquaportail / ADW / coralpedia / en.wiki / coralsoftheworld | Madrepora cervicornis Madrepora attenuata |
Lamarck, 1816 / CR / ITIS 52862 |
NOAA (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2014 Puerto Rico by Roban Kramer (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2007 by Adona9 (via Wikimedia Commons) |
2017 Caïmans Is. ©Rachel Andres-Beck (via INaturalist) | 2019 Vera Cruz ©Jonh Arias (via INaturalist) | 2017 Virgin Is. ©John C. (via INaturalist) |
2007 ©Albert Kok (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2006 by Joeschmitty (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2014 Virgin Is. Onislandtimes (via Wikimedia Commons) |
Atlantiq W | Corne de cerf | tropical |
1-20m / colonie : 20 cm à 2.50 m | colonie hermaphrodite; croissance rapide (10cm/an) | mode calme et clair, arborescent, composed of cylindrical branches which subdivide infrequently, fragile |
Acropora cervicornis | ||
Acropora clathrata | ||
fr.wiki / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Brook, 1891 / LC / ITIS 52921 |
2014 Komodo ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | hébergeant Pomacentrus moluccensis,
2014 Komodo ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
hébergeant Dascyllus reticulatus,
2014 Komodo ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
2013 Australia by Michelle Jonker (via Wikimedia Commons) | hébergeant Chromis ternatensis,
2012 Bunaken (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
2013 Australia by Michelle Jonker (via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Queensland (Au) ©Nick Lambert (via INaturalist) | 2014 Samoa by Larry Basch (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2012 Maldives by MDC Seamarc (via Wikimedia Commons) |
Indo-WPacifiq & Red Sea | tropical | |
shallow / 35cm | tabulaire, side-attached & anastomosing branches, commun, très photophile | |
Acropora clathrata | ||
Acropora cytherea | ||
aquaportail / fr.wiki / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Dana, 1846 / LC / ITIS 52907 |
2009 Maldives by Christian Jensen (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2004 NW-Hawaii ©Dr. Dwayne Meadows (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2012 Bunaken (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
2004 NW-Hawaii ©Dr. Dwayne Meadows (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2009 Samoa by Eva DiDonato (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2014 Samoa by Larry Basch (via Wikimedia Commons) |
2010 Maldives by MDC Seamarc (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2013 Maldives ©Frédéric Ducarme (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2014 Samoa by Larry Basch (via Wikimedia Commons) |
Indo-WCPacifiq & Mer Rouge | tropical | |
2-25m | tabulaire, mode calme, très photophile, commune | |
Acropora cytherea | ||
Acropora formosa | ||
aquaportail / recif-france / souslesmers / coralsoftheworld / animal-world / liveaquaria / ADW | Acropora muricata | Dana, 1846 / NT / ITIS 52890 |
2010 Shalanyat Wahed (Egypte) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2011 Maldives by MDC Seamarc (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2011 Maldives by MDC Seamarc (via Wikimedia Commons) |
2009 St-Leu (Réunion) ©Philippe Bourjon (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2017 Queensland (Au) © Matthew Connors (via INaturalist) | 2019 Thailand ©Dan Schofield (via INaturalist) |
2017 Queensland (Au) © Matthew Connors (via INaturalist) | 2017 Queensland (Au) © Matthew Connors (via INaturalist) | 2019 Thailand ©Dan Schofield (via INaturalist) |
Indo-WCPacifiq & Red Sea | Acropore bois de cerf | tropical |
5-30m / 30-150 cm ht & 10m wide (colony) / 2-5cm dia (bras) | croissance rapide (2-6cm / an) | arborescent,with cylindrical branches, mode calme et clair, photophile, abondant |
Acropora formosa | ||
Acropora hemprichii | ||
fr.wiki / coralsoftheworld / nomadica | Synonymes | Ehrenberg, 1834 / VU / ITIS 52867 |
2019 Aqaba ©svetlanakhanty (via INaturalist) | 2011 Maldives by MDC Seamarc (via Wikimedia Commons) | |
2010 Maldives by MDC Seamarc (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2011 Fiji by Paul Asman & Jill Lenoble (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2017 Saudi Arabia ©claudiapogoreutz (via INaturalist) |
W&C-Indian & Red Sea | tropical | |
3-15m / 2m dia (colonie) / 12-30mm dia & 8cm lg (branches) / 24ans | hermaphrodite | robuste, buissonnant, érigé, abondant, mode battu, très photophile |
Acropora hemprichii | ||
Acropora humilis | ||
souslesmers / aquaportail / animal-world / recif-france / reef-guardian / en.wiki / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Dana, 1846 / NT / ITIS 52868 |
2009 Maldives by Christian Jensen (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2014 Samoa by Eva DiDonato (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2010 Maldives by MDC Seamarc (via Wikimedia Commons) |
2017 Saudi Arabia ©claudiapogoreutz (via INaturalist) | 2018 Sabah (Ph) © tracc (via INaturalist) | A. millepora
2014 Queensland (Au) ©Ryan McMinds (via INaturalist) |
Indo-WCPacifiq & Red Sea | Corail vinaigrier | tropical |
3-5m (jsq15m) / 50-80 cm ht & <1m² (colonie) / <10cm lg & 3cm wide (branche) | croissance lente, hermaphrodite | mode battu, photophile, digitiforme, épais, solide, très courant |
Acropora humilis | ||
Acropora hyacinthus | ||
aquaportail / fr.wiki/ recifalnews / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Dana, 1846 / NT / ITIS 52910 |
Maldives by MDC Seamarc (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2015 Queensland (Au) ©Ryan McMinds (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2014 Samoa by Susanna Pershern (via Wikimedia Commons) |
2018 Polynesie © Andrea Glockner-Fagetti (via INaturalist) | 2017 Queensland (Au) © Matthew Connors (via INaturalist) | 2015 Polynesie © Ryan McMinds (via INaturalist) |
Indo-W&CPacifiq & Red Sea | Acropore tabulaire géant | tropical |
10-30m / 5m dia (colonie) | colonies tabulaires & plates avec pied, diurne, en mode battu ms fragile | |
Acropora hyacinthus | ||
Acropora lamarcki | ||
souslesmers / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Veron, 2002 / DD / ITIS |
2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) | 2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
2006 Sinaï (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2006 Hurghada (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2004 Sharm el Sheik (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín (via Wikimedia Commons) |
Mer Rouge & E-Indian Ocean | Acropore de Lamarck | tropical |
2m dia (colonie) / 15mm thick (branches) | corymbose plates or irregular cushion-like plates, touffu, commun | |
Acropora lamarcki | ||
Acropora microphthalma | ||
ADW / en.wiki / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Verrill, 1859 / LC / ITIS 52893 |
2013 Détroit de Torrès (Au) by Kate Osborne (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2014 Samoa by Brian Harry (via Wikimedia Commons) | |
2017 Queensland (Au) ©Matthew Connors (via INaturalist) | 2017 Queensland (Au) ©Matthew Connors (via INaturalist) | 2013 Détroit de Torrès (Au) by Kate Osborne (via Wikimedia Commons) |
Indo-WPacifiq & Mer Rouge | tropical | |
5-25m / >2m wide (colonie) | arborescent, photophile, courant | |
Acropora microphthalma | ||
Acropora millepora | ||
aquaportail / ADW / fr.wiki / sealifebase / reefbuilders / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Ehrenberg, 1834 / NT / ITIS 52901 |
2013 Queensland (Au) by David Witherall and Sabrina Prince (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2011 Maldives by MDC Seamarc (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2013 Queensland (Au) by Lundgren, Vera, Peplow, Manel & van Oppen (via Wikimedia Commons) |
2019 Philippines © sykospark (via INaturalist) | 2019 Queensland (Au) ©elawrey (via INaturalist) | |
Indo-WPacifiq & Red Sea | plate acropora | tropical |
shallow 1-2mm dia (polype) | Hermaphroditic | corymbes courtes, buissonnant, irrégulier, sur platier ou lagons, commun, mode calme |
Acropora millepora | ||
Acropora monticulosa | ||
aquaportail / fr.wiki / coralsoftheworld / reefbuilders | Synonymes | Brüggemann, 1879 / NT / ITIS 52876 |
2012 Maldives by MDC Seamarc (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2012 Maldives by MDC Seamarc (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2013 Détroit de Torrès (Au) by Kerryn Johns (via Wikimedia Commons) |
2019 Taiwan ©Lin Scott (via INaturalist) | 2019 Papouasia (ID) ©Emily Zucker (via INaturalist) | 2018 Vietnam ©krkzv (via INaturalist) |
Indo-W&CPacifiq | Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle | tropical |
<5m (jsq12m) / >3m dia (colonies) | corymbes with pyramid-shaped branchlets, solide, mode brassé | |
Acropora monticulosa | ||
Acropora palmata | ||
en.wiki / coralpedia / doris / aquaportail / ADW / coralsoftheworld | pâte à chaux (créole) | Lamarck, 1816 / CR / ITIS 53232 |
2913 Cuba by Tisquesusa (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2012 Caraïbes by CuernoDeAlce_JanPaulZegarra (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2011 Bahamas by James St. John (via Wikimedia Commons) |
2019 Curaçao ©sandranap (via INaturalist) | 2006 2019 Virgin Is. by Caroline Rogers (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2014 Florida NOAA (via Wikimedia Commons) |
2008 ©Nick Hobgood (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2008 Key Largo (US) ©Jim Stuby (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2010 Antilles ©Nhobgood (via Wikimedia Commons) |
Florida 2007 ©Joelr31 (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2019 Venezuela ©Samuel Brinker (via INaturalist) | 2019 Virgin Is. by |
W-Atlantiq | Corail corne d'élan | tropical |
2-4 m dia / <2 m ht & <4m wide (colonie) | colonies hermaphrodites + bouturage; croissance très rapide (10-15cm/an) | mode battu et clair, branches horizontally flattened towards their extremities, horizontally fused basal branches |
Acropora palmata | ||
Acropora prolifera | ||
coralpedia / en.wiki / coralsoftheworld / reefdivers | Synonymes | Lamarck, 1816 / NE / ITIS 52863 |
2019 Antigua ©Ruleo Camacho (via INaturalist) | 2019 República Dominicana ©Ana Carolina Hernández-Oquet (via INaturalist) | 2019 Haïti ©Andreina Valdez-Trinidad (via INaturalist) |
2005 Bahamas ©Mark Eakin NOAA (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2019 Yucatan (Mxq) ©d99 (via INaturalist) | 2019 Haïti ©Andreina Valdez-Trinidad (via INaturalist) |
W-Atlantiq | tropical | |
2-4m / 2cm dia (branches) / 1.2m wide (colonie) | buissonnant & touffu ou palmé; uncommon | |
Acropora prolifera | ||
Acropora pulchra | ||
aquaportail / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Brook, 1891/ NE / ITIS 52900 |
2019 Guam ©Ashton Williams (via INaturalist) | 2007 by Albert Kok (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2014 Estrecho de Torres (Au) by Paul Muir (via Wikimedia Commons) |
Indo-WPacifiq (no Red Sea) | tropical | |
<20m / >5m dia (colonie) | arborescent ou corymbe | |
Acropora pulchra | ||
Acropora valida | ||
en.wiki / coralsoftheworld / aquaportail / nomadica | Acropora variabilis Klunzinger, 1879 | Dana, 1846 / DD / ITIS 52866 |
2006 Hurghda (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2006 Hurghda (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín (via Wikimedia Commons) | |
2012 Cairns (Au) by David Witherall and Lyka (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2007 ©Albert Kok (via Wikimedia Commons) | |
Indian Ocean & WPacifiq | tropical | |
<15m / >50cm dia (colonie) | form compact irregular or digitate bushes to corymbose plates, commun, très photophile, mode brassé | |
Acropora valida | ||
Alveopora spongiosa | ||
en.wiki / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Dana,1846 / NT / ITIS 53238 |
2014 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2013 Estrecho de Torres (Au) by Kerryn Johns (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2014 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett (via Wikimedia Commons) |
2013 aquarium by Jesse Hofmann-Smith (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2014 S-Africa ©dobura (via INaturalist) | 2014 S-Africa ©dobura (via INaturalist) |
Indo-WCPacifiq & Red Sea | tropical | |
9-20m (jsq 50m) / <2m dia (colonie) | mode calme, solide, encroûtant or form solid plates with flat or irregular surface | |
Alveopora spongiosa | ||
Montipora foliosa | ||
aquaportail / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Pallas, 1766 / NT / ITIS |
2002 Sulawesi by Patrick Scaps (via scleractinia) | 2007 by Albert Kok (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2019 Vietnam ©krkzv (via INaturalist) |
Indo-WCPacifiq & Red Sea | tropical | |
<20m | lamelles, feuilles de salade (laitue) | |
Montipora foliosa | ||
Montipora undata | ||
coralsoftheworld / aquaportail | Synonymes | Bernard, 1897 / NT / ITIS 52960 |
2014 S-Africa ©dobura (via INaturalist) | 2004 Siladen (Sulawesi) by Ginette Allard (via scleractinia) | |
Indo-WCPacifiq & Red Sea | tropical | |
vertical plates or thick columns and branches, encroûtant | ||
Montipora undata | ||
MàJ 16/03/2023