Species Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834
Fire Coral, Hydrocoral
- Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, C.G. 1834. Beitrage zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im Allgemeinen und besanders des Rothen Meeres nebst, einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Monatsberichte der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1: 225-380.
Introduction
Millepora platyphylla colonies are described by Eguchi (1968) as arborescent, composed of upstanding plates, or encrusting.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Ecological Descriptors
Less than 18 metres depth: shallow.
Sessile, tropical.
Diagnosis
Eguchi (1968) outlined the following morphological characteristics of Millepora platyphylla – "Gastropores and dactylopores circular to irregularly polygonal at orifices exceptionally stellate; walls not extended above surface; 5 to 7 dactylopores commonly arranged around each gastropore, forming indistinct cyclosystems. Ampullae in the coenosteum forming little or no bulge at the surface".
General References
Boschma, H. 1950. Further notes on the ampullae of Millepora. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 31(5): 49-61
Harriott, V. J., & Fisk, D. A. 1988. Coral transplantation as a reef management option. pp. 375-379 in Choat, J.H. (ed.). Proceedings of the Sixth International Coral Reef Symposium: Townsville, Australia, 8th-12th August 1988. 6th International Coral Reef Symposium Executive Committee pp. 1738. [Vol. 2]
Lewis, J. B. 1989. The ecology of Millepora. Coral Reefs 8(3): 99-107
Lewis, J.B. 2006. Biology and ecology of the hydrocoral Millepora on coral reefs. Advances in Marine Biology 50: 1-55
Razak, T.B., Hoeksema B.W., 2003. The hydrocoral genus Millepora (Hydrozoa: Capitata: Milleporidae) in Indonesia. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 345: 313-336
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HYDROZOA Owen, 1843 | 10-Jan-2017 | ADDED | Dr Narissa Bax |