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Acropora nasuta (staghorn coral)
Subject: Acropora nasuta (staghorn coral)
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Acropora nasuta by Ewa Barska - no watermark - Acropora nasuta (staghorn coral).jpg
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Acropora nasuta (staghorn coral)


Description
Acropora nasuta (Hexacorallia, Acroporidae)
Date copied 07-Apr-2006
Source http://www.rafy.pl
Author Ewa Barska
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acropora_nasuta_by_Ewa_Barska_-_no_watermark.jpg

Acropora nasuta is a species of branching stony coral in the family Acroporidae. It is native to the western and central Indo-Pacific where it is found in shallow reef habitats. Like other corals of the genus Acropora, it is susceptible to coral bleaching and coral diseases and the IUCN has listed it as being "Near Threatened". Order: Scleractinia, Family: Acroporidae, Genus: Acropora, Species: Acropora nasuta (Dana, 1846)
Synonyms:
Acropora diomedeae Vaughan, 1906
Madrepora canaliculata Klunzinger, 1879
Madrepora effusa Dana, 1846
Madrepora nasuta Dana, 1846

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