Particular Qualities Of Identification And Taxonomy Of Some Scleractinian (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina) Family Acroporidae Verrill, 1903

Yu Latypov

doi:10.5376/ijms.2016.06.0016

Abstract

Brief history of taxonomy and identification of one of the diverse groups of the hermatypic coral family Acroporidae. Drawn attention to the difficulties and errors that have occurred in their taxonomy. Describes the terminology and morphological characteristics that can be successful identification and description of corals of the family.

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INTRODUCTIONSсleraсtinian genera Porites and Turbinaria distributed on all reef Indo-Pacific. They are found in all reef zones from littoral baths palm-size up to the maximum depth (40-45 m) base reef slopes
AND TACSONOMIC HISTORYSсleraсtinian genera Porites and Turbinaria distributed on all reef Indo-Pacific
The intricacy of taxonomic structures of Porites and Turbinaria cannot be eliminated by a detailed redescription of species

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INTRODUCTION

Sсleraсtinian genera Porites and Turbinaria distributed on all reef Indo-Pacific. They are found in all reef zones from littoral baths palm-size up to the maximum depth (40-45 m) base reef slopes. Bernard (1905) and Veron and Pichon (1982) propose that these septa can be fused by different ways, including a horizontal cross connection between internal septal margins (Fig. 6 b) This cross connection is often a fragment of the internal synapticular ring or a result of intergrowth of lateral surfaces of well-calcified septal trabeculae, when carinae – vertical rows of granules - are developed on their lateral surfaces. In such cases every septum of a triplet retains a complete number of trabeculae, and such a triplet probably should not be considered fused It is an accepted point of view that pali are located at the internal septal margins of corallites in Porites – vertically arranged trabecular projections, developed between the internal septal margin and the corallite axial zone (Vaughan, 1907, 1918; Vaughan and Wells, 1943; Wells, 1956; Veron and Pichon, 1982). The free tip of a columella can be poorly developed (in the form of a tubercle or a vesicle), or it can have the form of a rod or a lamina, granulated to various degrees (see Fig. 3 f)

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