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Acropora kimbeensis

A vulnerable acroporid coral from Indo-Pacific shallow reefs.

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It forms compact, bush-like colonies with upward-facing branches that are yellow, blue, or cream in colour.[1] C. C. Wallace originally described the coral species Acropora kimbeensis in 1999, with its type locality in the Indo-Pacific.[2][3] According to the IUCN Red List, this coral is classified as vulnerable, and it is also included in CITES Appendix II.[4]

Scientific classification

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumCnidaria
  3. SubphylumAnthozoa
  4. ClassHexacorallia
  5. OrderScleractinia
  6. FamilyAcroporidae
  7. GenusAcropora
  8. SpeciesAcropora kimbeensis

Named by Wallace, 1999

Close relatives

Other species of Acropora with a Codexery entry.

Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Acropora kimbeensis (CC BY-SA 4.0) · order, family and genus agree with WoRMS AphiaID 288214 (CC BY 4.0)

Conservation status

Endangered (EN)

  1. LC
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN▲ this species
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX
Population trend
Not held in our sources — see the assessment
Assessment published
2024

Source: IUCN Red List assessment · GBIF copy of the Red List category

Where the acropora kimbeensis has been recorded

Where the acropora kimbeensis has been recorded17 mapped locations from 87 GBIF occurrence records

Each dot is a place where the species has been observed and reported (87 records, half-degree grid) — not a modelled range. 2 inland records left out (institution coordinates).

Map: drawn by Codexery. Data: GBIF occurrence search (records CC0 / CC BY) · Natural Earth basemap (public domain)

Biology and range

Branches reach up to 80 mm long and are caespitosed, becoming thinner toward the ends.[1][5] Its range includes the Indo-Pacific, East China Sea, west Pacific, Eastern Australia, Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea, Osprey Reef Coral Sea, Micronesia, and Pohnpei.[4] Along the sides of the branchlets, radial corallites occur, each having an opening smaller than 1 mm.[5] The species is present in one area of Indonesia and at two locations in the Marshall Islands, and its population is known to be decreasing.[4]

What the specialist sources record

The World Register of Marine Species records Acropora kimbeensis as an accepted species in the family Acroporidae, order Scleractinia, class Hexacorallia, with a marine environment.[3] GBIF lists the species as accepted in kingdom Animalia, phylum Cnidaria, class Anthozoa, and holds 92 occurrence records as of 7 October 2026.[6] It can occur within Marine Protected Areas.[4] For aquarium purposes, a total of 1,282 living specimens were exported during 2005.[4]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Acropora kimbeensis" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Acropora kimbeensis. Fact Sheet. Wallace, 1999.", Australian Institute of Marine Science (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Acropora kimbeensis" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Acropora kimbeensis Wallace, 1999", World Register of Marine Species (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. World Register of Marine Species, Acropora kimbeensis (AphiaID 288214). CC BY 4.0. marinespecies.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Acropora kimbeensis" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Richards, Z., "Acropora kimbeensis", 2008 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Acropora kimbeensis" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Acropora kimbeensis. Fact Sheet. Wallace, 1999.", Australian Institute of Marine Science; Wallace, "Staghorn Corals of the World: A Revision of the Genus Acropora", Csiro Publishing, 1 September 1999, p. 143 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence index, Acropora kimbeensis (taxon key 5184586). CC BY 4.0 (backbone); counts are facts. gbif.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Acropora kimbeensis (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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Sources

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