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Species Entacmaea quadricolor (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Red Sea; eastern Africa; Indian Ocean; Melanesia; Micronesia; Japan


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

Diagnosis

Pedal disc well developed, usually narrower than oral disc. Column length to 500mm, oral disc to 400mm diameter, at least twice as broad as pedal disc. Flared column typically rich brown but may be greenish or reddish; in some specimens paler near base. Deep fosse. Flat brown, greenish, or pink oral disc may have radial white stripes around mouth; most tentacles near margin. Tentacles cylindrical, hardly tapered; inner two to three times as long as marginal; typically brown with greenish cast and pink or purple tip; bulb at or just below tip may have a white equator or be flecked with white.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022 NYNANTHEAE Carlgren, 1899 13-Aug-2013 MOVED Dr Bronwen Scott
05-Aug-2022 14-Feb-2011 MOVED
05-Aug-2022 09-Nov-2010 MOVED
05-Aug-2022 09-Nov-2010 MOVED
05-Aug-2022 28-Jul-2010 MODIFIED
13-Jul-2010 MODIFIED