Dipsastraea faviaformis

ID: 5

Other names:

Acanthastrea faviaformis

Major clade: Robust

Family molecules: Merulinidae

Family morphology: Mussidae

Description: Will be changed to Dipsastrea shortly but use Acanthastrea until finalised

Added by: Joshua Madin

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External resources for this species:
- World Register of Marine Species
- AIMS factsheet and images: 798
- PaleoDB records (not available)
- OBIS observation records

Traits

Miscellaneous

62

Veron species id

798 (id)

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Biomechanical

103

Substrate attachment

attached

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Conservation

77

IUCN Red List category

VU

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Ecological

89

Abundance world

uncommon

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92

Depth lower

12 (m)

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Depth upper

2 (m)

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Water clarity preference

clear

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Wave exposure preference

broad

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Geographical

165

Eastern-most range edge

133.88306067 (deg)

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35

Geographical region

observations

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218

Indo-Pacific faunal province

observations

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167

Northern-most range edge

29.46646578 (deg)

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40

Ocean basin

pacific

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Range size

observations

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168

Southern-most range edge

-12.528706 (deg)

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166

Western-most range edge

31.8571731 (deg)

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Morphological

104

Coloniality

colonial

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90

Colony maximum diameter

observations

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182

Corallite width maximum

20.6 (mm)

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Corallite width minimum

10.3 (mm)

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180

Growth form Veron

observations

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183

Growth form typical

massive

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Phylogenetic

164

Species age phylogeny

2.47105230843983 (mya)

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Physiological

41

Zooxanthellate

zooxanthellate

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