Acropora grandis is a species of colonial stony coral. Has a variety extending from East Africa to the east coast of Australia. It’s native to the tropical western Indo-Pacific. It’s a large species with multiple branches forming a bush-like structure and is found on reefs and in lagoons.

Description
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Acropora grandis is a colonial species of staghorn coral that may develop into a big clump as much as 7 metres (23 ft) throughout. In shallow water it tends to grow as a prostrate, tangled bush with thick branches however in deeper water it has a more upright and open construction. The radial corallites are varied in shape and measurement and people close to the ideas of the branches are tubular and elongated. The branch ideas are a paler colour, have multiple axial corallites and are fragile and easily damaged. The general color is usually reddish-brown however will be various shades of blue, inexperienced or purple. [3] The polyps often have twelve tentacles, one of which is elongated, and are connected collectively inside the skeleton by a maze of interconnecting channels. [4]

Distribution and habitat
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Acropora grandis is present in shallow water in the western Indo-Pacific. It favours a nicely-lit site with a robust present. Its vary consists of Madagascar, Mozambique, the Pink Sea, Mauritius, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea and the great Barrier Reef. [5] It grows in varied reef locations but is more widespread on the higher slopes and in lagoons. The depth vary is 5 to 15 metres (16 to 49 ft).

Biology
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Acropora grandis is a zooxanthellate species of coral. These photosynthetic microalgae, mixed with pigments within the tissue, are answerable for the color of the colony and supply a proportion of its nutritional needs. [4] [2] Which means it has symbiotic dinoflagellates residing within its tissues.

Acropora grandis liberates its gametes into the sea the place fertilisation takes place. Synchronised spawning takes place, and within the part of its range within the Northern Hemisphere, that is four or 5 days after the total moon. The larvae are planktonic and drift with the currents before settling on the seabed to begin a brand new colony. [4]

When fragments of Acropora grandis have been planted right into a mid-water nursery bed, over 95% survived and these have been later transplanted onto a reef at Phi Phi Islands, Thailand that had been devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.[6] This was profitable and showed that damaged reefs can be regenerated with the assistance of fast-growing corals.[6]

^ Richards, Z.T.; Delbeek, J.T.; Lovell, E.R.; Bass, D.; Aeby, G.; Reboton, C. (2014). “Acropora grandis”. IUCN Crimson Checklist of Threatened Species. 2014 e.T133013A54176059. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T133013A54176059.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

^ a b van der Land, Jacob (2012). “Acropora grandis (Brook)”. WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2013-03-19.

^ a b “Acropora grandis”. Corals of the World. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Retrieved 2013-03-19.

^ a b c Wallace, Carden (1999). Staghorn Corals of the World: A Revision of the Genus Acropora. Csiro Publishing. ISBN 0-643-10281-7.

^ Jean-François Fortier. “Acropora grandis: Grand coral” (in French). Aquaportail. Retrieved 2013-03-19.

^ a b Putchim, L.; Thongtham, N.; Hewett, A.; Chansang, H. (2008). “Survival and growth of Acropora spp. in mid-water nursery and after transplantation at Phi Phi Islands, Andaman Sea, Thailand” (PDF). Proceedings of the eleventh International Coral Reef Symposium. 24.

Taxon identifiers

Wikidata: Q3933908

Wikispecies: Acropora grandis

ADW: Acropora_grandis

AFD: Acropora_grandis

CoL: 9NZW

GBIF: 5184612

iNaturalist: 93264

IRMNG: 10000878

ITIS: 52889

IUCN: 133013

NCBI: 156434

OBIS: 207031

Open Tree of Life: 150213

Paleobiology Database: 108352

SeaLifeBase: 46341

Species+: 8850

TaiCOL: t0057552

WoRMS: 207031

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