New species and new records of recently described species of the coral genusAcropora(Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) from Indonesia

Abstract

Six new species of the coral genusAcroporaare described from Indonesia. These include a species which is remarkable for tubercular coenosteal structures similar to those of the confamilial genusMontipora. The new species include three regional endemics (A. togianensisandA. batunaifrom central east Sulawesi andA. derawanensisfrom east Kalimantan), one species with broad distribution across the southern island chains (A. sukarnoi) and two species which occur throughout most of the Indonesian archipelago (A. indonesiaandA. hoeksemai). A further two species described from Western Australia and Papua New Guinea in 1994 (A. turakiandA. jacquelineaerespectively) are recorded from Indonesia for the first time, as common members of an unusual assemblage type in the Togian Islands. The range of another species described from Lombok in 1994 (A. suharsonoi) is extended into Bali. WithA. desalwii,A. lokaniandA. indiana, this brings to 12 the number ofAcroporaspecies newly recorded as being endemic to the Indonesian archipelago or to Indonesia and one adjoining region (either the Indian Ocean or the western Pacific).