"Description of Four New Species in the Hard Coral Genus Acropora Oken, 1815 (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) from South-East Africa" by Bernhard Riegl

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Description of Four New Species in the Hard Coral Genus Acropora Oken, 1815 (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) from South-East Africa

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Bernhard Riegl, University of Cape Town - South Africa; Oceanographic Research Institute - South Africa

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ORCID

0000-0002-6003-9324

ResearcherID

F-8807-2011

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-1995

Keywords

South Africa,
Mozambique,
Cnidaria,
Taxonomy,
Acropora

Abstract

Four new species in the hermatypic scleractinian coral genus Acropora art described from southeast Africa. Two species, A. natalensis sp. nov. and A. mossambica sp. nov., occur in both South Africa and Mozambique. Two species, A. sordiensis sp. nov., and A. branchi sp. nov., are only known from northern Natal in South Africa. A. branchi sp. nov. and A. mossambica sp. nov. are intertidal species and were collected from permanent tidal pools. A. sordiensis sp. nov. and A. natalensis sp. nov. are strictly subtidal species.

DOI

10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb00934.x

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Disciplines

Marine Biology

Citation Information

Bernhard Riegl. "Description of Four New Species in the Hard Coral Genus Acropora Oken, 1815 (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) from South-East Africa" Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society Vol. 113 Iss. 3 (1995) p. 229 - 247 ISSN: 0024-4082
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/bernhard-riegl/57/