Keywords:
Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This invaluable reference tool is the first major review of Acropora in over 100 years.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (657 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780643101388
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=610609
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Abstract -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Review of Literature -- Nomenclatural history of the genus -- Type species -- Trends in the taxonomy of Acropora -- Classification -- Sub-generic classification -- Super-generic classification -- Summary of Type Material -- Background -- Designation of lectotypes -- France -- Germany -- America -- England -- Philippines -- Australia -- Africa -- Russia -- Austria -- Italy -- India -- Fossil Record -- Distribution of fossil assemblages -- Fossil species -- Anatomy, Physiology and Biology -- Soft structures -- Colouration -- Skeleton and growth -- Gastrovascular system -- Gonads -- General -- Female gonads and oocytes -- Testes and spermatozoa -- Sexual reproduction -- General -- Fertilisation and development -- Reproductive effort and fecundity -- Hybridisation -- Asexual reproduction -- Ecology -- General -- Zonation patterns -- Life histories -- Recruitment -- Maturation and senescence -- Mortality -- Associations and interactions -- Diseases -- Genetics and Molecular Biology -- General -- Chromosome number -- Genetic characters -- Evolutionary signature of hybridisation -- Skeletal Morphology -- General -- Terminology -- Recognition of juvenile Acropora colonies -- Colony form -- General -- Nomenclature of colony forms -- Corallites -- Axial corallites -- Radial corallites -- Coenosteum -- Variations in morphology -- Methods Used for Revision and Analyses -- The Worldwide Acropora Database -- Locations -- Sampling and database protocol -- Mapping of distributions for species descriptions -- Format of synonymies -- Citation of localities for material examined -- Characters used in descriptions of species -- Biogeographic analyses -- Phylogenetic analyses -- Development of a LucID interactive key -- Photo library of type specimens.
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Revision of the Biogeography of Acropora -- Background -- Groupings of records -- Species composition of areas, regions and super regions -- Similarities between areas and regions -- Types of distributions exhibited by species -- Distribution characteristics of the fauna of areas and regions -- Revision of the Phylogeny and Classification of Acropora -- Background -- Methodology -- Taxa -- Characters -- Programs -- Phylogeny of the family Acroporidae -- Phylogeny of the genus Acropora -- Cladograms -- Clades -- Species groupings in the subgenus Acropora -- General -- Monophyletic groups -- Paraphyletic groups -- Misplaced species -- Patterns of character transformation in Acropora phylogeny -- General -- Colony form and branches -- Skeletal density -- Coenosteal characteristics -- Radial corallites -- Axial corallites -- Summary of transformations and relationships of species groups -- Synthesis of Biogeographic, Fossil and Phylogenetic Data -- Evidence for the origination and evolution of Acropora -- General -- Cladograms in terms of habitat -- Cladograms in terms of fossil history -- Cladograms in terms of the biogeographic patterns -- Chronology of the origination of clades -- Hypothesis -- Colour Plates -- Systematic Arrangement of Species -- Family Acroporidae Verrill, 1902 -- Genus Acropora Oken, 1815 -- Type Species Millepora Muricata Linneaus, 1758 -- Subgenus Acropora Oken, 1815 -- The Acropora rudis group -- Acropora (Acropora) rudis (Rehberg, 1892) -- Acropora (Acropora) variolosa (Klunzinger, 1879) -- Acropora (Acropora) austera (Dana, 1846) -- Acropora (Acropora) hernprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834) -- The Acropora humilis group -- Acropora (Acropora) humilis (Dana, 1846) -- Acropora (Acropora) globiceps (Dana, 1846) -- Acropora (Acropora) gemmifera (Brook, 1892) -- Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Briiggemann, 1879).
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Acropora (Acropora) samoensis (Brook, 1891) -- Acropora (Acropora) digitifera (Dana, 1846) -- Acropora (Acropora) multiacuta Nemenzo, 1967 -- Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846) -- The Acropora nasuta group -- Acropora (Acropora) nasuta (Dana, 1846) -- Acropora (Acropora) cerealis (Dana, 1846) -- Acropora (Acropora) valida (Dana, 1846) -- Acropora (Acropora) arabensis Hodgson & -- Carpenter, 1995 -- Acropora (Acropora) secale (Studer, 1878) -- Acropora (Acropora) lutkeni Crossland, 1952 -- Acropora (Acropora) kimbeensis sp. nov. 146 -- The Acropora divaricata group -- llcropora (Acropora) divaricata (Dana, 1846) -- Acropora (Acropora) solitaryensis Veron & -- Wallace, 1984 -- Acropora (Acropora) kosurini Wallace, 1994 -- Acropora (Acropora) hoeksemai Wallace, 1997 -- Acropora (Acropora) clathrata (Brook, 1891) 158 -- The Acropora lovelli group -- Acropora (Acropora) lovelli Veron & -- Wallace, 1984 -- Acropora (Acropora) bushyensis Veron & -- Wallace, 1984 -- Acropora (Acropora) glauca (Brook, 1893) -- The Acropora verweyi group -- Acropora (Acropora) verweyi Veron & -- Wallace, 1984 -- The Acropora cervicornis group -- Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816) -- Acropora (Acropora) palmata (Lamarck, 1816) -- Acropora (Acropora) prolifera (Lamarck, 1816) -- The Acropora muricata group -- Acropora (Acropora) muricata (Linneaus, 1758) -- Acropora (Acropora) grandis (Brook, 1892) -- Acropora (Acropora) acwninata (Verrill, 1864) -- Acropora (Acropora) valenciennesi (Edwards & -- Baime, 1860) -- Acropora (Acropora) phamonis (Edwards & -- Bairne, 1860) -- The Acropora robusta group -- Acropora (Acropora) robusta (Dana, 1846) -- Acropora (Acropora) abrotanoides (Lamarck, 1816) -- Acropora (Acropora) palrmerae Wells, 195'1 -- Acropora (Acropora) intermedia (Brook, 1891) -- Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891).
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Acropora (Acropora) downingi sp. nov. -- Acropora (Acropora) listeri (Brook, 1893) -- Acropora (Acropora) sukarnoi Wallace, 1997 -- The Acropora togianensis group -- Acropora (Acropora) togianensis Wallace, 1997 -- The Acropora selago group -- Acropora (Acropora) selago (Studer, 1878) -- Acropora (Acropora) tenuis (Dana, 1846) -- Acropora (Acropora) eurystorna (Klunzinger, 1879) -- Acropora (Acropora) striata (Verrill, 1866) -- Acropora (Acropora) donei Veron & -- Wallace, 1984 -- Acropora (Acropora) yongei Veron & -- Wallace, 1984 -- Acropora (Acropora) loisetleae Wallace, 1994 -- Acropora (Acropora) dendrurn (Bassett-Smith, 1890) -- The Acropora aspera group -- Acropora (Acropora) aspera (Dana, 1846) -- Acropora (Acropora) pulchra (Brook, 1891) -- Acropora (Acropora) millepora (Ehrenberg, 1834) -- Acropora (Acropora) spathulata (Brook, 1891) -- Acropora (Acropora) spicifera (Dana, 1846) -- Acropora (Acropora) papillare Latypov, 1992 -- Acropora (Acropora) roseni sp. nov. -- The Acropora florida group -- Acropora (Acropora) florida (Dana, 1846) -- Acropora (Acropora) sarrnenlosa (Brook, 1892) -- The Acropora hyacinthus group -- Acropora (Acropora) hyacinthus (Dana, 1846) -- Acropora (Acropora) tanegashimensis Veron, 1990 -- Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893) -- Acropora (Acropora) cytherea (Dana, 1846) -- Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) -- Acropora (Acropora) paniculala Verrill, 1902 -- Acropora (Acropora) indonesia Wallace, 1997 -- The Acropora latistella group -- Acropora (Acropora) latistella (Brook, 1892) -- Acropora (Acropora) subulata (Dana, 1846) -- Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1878) -- Acropora (Acropora) aculeus (Dana, 1846) -- The Acropora horrida group -- Acropora (Acropora) horrida (Dana, 1846) -- Acropora (Acropora) vaughani Wells, 1954 -- Acropora (Acropora) tortuosa (Dana, 1846).
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Acropora (Acropora) abrolhosensis Veron, 1985 -- Acropora (Acropora) microphthatma (Verrill, 1869) -- Acropora (Acropora) kintyae Veron & -- Wallace, 1984 -- Acropora (Acropora) derawanensis Wallace, 1997 -- Acropora (Acropora) halmaherae Wallace & -- Wolstenbolme, 1998 -- The Acropora (Acropora) plumosa group -- Acropora (Acropora) plumosa Wallace & -- Wolstenholme, 1998 -- The Acropora elegans group -- Acropora (Acropora) elegans (Edwards & -- Haime, 1860) -- Acropora (Acropora) pichoni sp. nov. -- Acropora (Acropora) tenella (Brook, 1892) -- Acropora (Acropora) walindii sp. nov. -- Acropora (Acropora) canlenae Wells, 1985 -- Acropora (Acropora) torihalimeda Wallace, 1994 -- Acropora (Acropora) russelli Wallace, 1994 -- The Acropora toripes group -- Acropora (Acropora) loripes (Brook, 1892) -- Acropora (Acropora) squarrosa (Eherenberg, 1834) -- Acropora (Acropora) chesterfieldensis Veron & -- Wallace, 1984 -- Acropora (Acropora) willisae Veron & -- Wallace, 1984 -- Acropora (Acropora) lokani Wallace, 1994 -- Acropora (Acropora) granulosa (Edwards & -- Haime, 1860) -- Acropora (Acropora) speciosa (Quelch, 1886) -- Acropora (Acropora) suharsonoi Wallace, 1994 -- Acropora (Acropora) caroliniana Nemenzo, 1976 -- Acropora (Acropora) desalwii Wallace, 1994 -- Acropora (Acropora) jacquelineae Wallace, 1994 -- Acropora (Acropora) simplex Wallace & -- Wolstenholme, 1998 -- The Acropora echinata group -- Acropora (Acropora) echinata (Dana, 1846) -- Acropora (Acropora) batunai Wallace, 1997 -- Acropora (Acropora) subglabra (Brook, 1891) -- Acropora (Acropora) carduus (Dana, 1846) -- Acropora (Acropora) awi Wallace & -- Wolstenholme, 1998 -- Acropora (Acropora) elseyi (Brook, 1892) -- Acropora (Acropora) longicyathus (Edwards & -- Haime, 1860) -- Acropora (Acropora) turaki Wallace, 1994 -- Subgenus Isopora Studer, 1878.
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Acropora (Isopora) palifera (Lamarck, 1816).
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