Branching coral — Acropora genus group

Scientific name: Acropora spp.

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0057

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Habitat

Where it lives

Branching coral lives on the coral reefs of the Red Sea.

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Sources (1)

Sources

3Osman et al. 2024 — Spatial variation in spawning timing for multi-species Acropora assemblages in the Red SeaSRC-143

Where it is found

The branching coral genus Acropora is widely distributed worldwide and is divided into several species-rich groups in the Indo-Pacific and a single species-poor group in the Caribbean. Its species are still abundant throughout the Red Sea, but they are considered extinct in the Arabian Gulf because of urban expansion and severe marine heatwaves in recent decades.

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Sources

1NOAA Ocean Service — Coral animals and polypsSRC-146
2Monroe et al. 2018 — Coral bleaching in the central Saudi Arabian Red SeaSRC-144
3Osman et al. 2024 — Spatial variation in spawning timing for multi-species Acropora assemblages in the Red SeaSRC-143
4World Register of Marine Species — Acropora Oken, 1815 (genus)SRC-172
5Whole genome assembly and annotation of the endangered Caribbean coral Acropora cervicornis (G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics)SRC-412
6A draft genome assembly of the reef-building coral Acropora hemprichii from the central Red Sea (Scientific Data 11)SRC-411
7World Register of Marine SpeciesSRC-009