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(Brook, 1893)
New name:Isopora brueggemanni
Characters: Colonies are prostrate or irregularly branched. Branches taper towards their ends. There may be one or more axial corallites which are almost immersed. Radial corallites are smooth and rounded. The coenosteum is smooth and composed of fine spinules with elaborated tips.
Colour: Pale or dark brown with pale corallites.
Habitat: Shallow water, especially exposed upper reef slopes and sand flats.
Abundance: Common.
Similar species: Acropora cylindrica , Acropora hemprichii , Acropora schmitti , Acropora togianensis
Taxonomic note: This species is divisible into several smaller semi-distinct taxonomic units. Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic references: Veron and Wallace (1984), Wallace (1999). Additional identification guides: Veron (1986), Nishihira and Veron (1995).
Synonyme:
Acropora (Isopora) brueggemanni (Brook, 1891)
Acropora brueggemanni (Brook, 1891)
Acropora brueggemanni var. uncinata (Brook, 1893)
Acropora meridiana Nemenzo, 1971
Madrepora (Tylopora) brueggemanni Brook, 1891
Madrepora (Tylopora) brueggemanni var. uncinata Brook, 1893
Madrepora brueggemanni Brook, 1891
Madrepora brueggemanni var. uncinata Brook, 1893