Pocillopora
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![]() Pocillopora damicornis in an aquarium at Zoo- Aquarium Berlin . |
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Pocillopora ( Latin : pocillum = cup; Greek : poros = opening) is a genus of hard corals (Scleractinia) that occurs in the Red Sea and in the tropical areas of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific . In Hawaii and in the eastern Pacific it can become the dominant stony coral genus andreplace the acropores thatno longer occur there.
features
Pocillopores are of very variable growth form, depending on where they are located in the reef. They live in shallow water and form small bush-shaped colonies. Its branches are thick, rich in lime and covered with numerous humps called verrucae. The color is usually brownish, but can also be yellowish, pink or pink.
Like most other hard corals, the pocillopores live in a symbiotic relationship with small algae ( zooxanthellae ), which provide the corals with nutrients.
In addition to sexual reproduction, a form of asexual reproduction known as polyp expulsion occurs in Pocillopora . In the process, some polyps detach themselves from the coral hive without a skeleton, allow themselves to be drifted, settle again in a favorable location and form a new colony.
species
- Pocillopora acuta Lamarck, 1816
- Pocillopora aliciae Schmidt-Roach, Miller & Andreakis, 2013
- Pocillopora ankeli Scheer & Pillai, 1974
- Pocillopora bairdi Schmidt-Roach, 2014
- Pocillopora brevicornis Lamarck, 1816
- Pocillopora capitata Verrill, 1864
- Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pocillopora effusa Veron, 2000
- Pocillopora elegans Dana, 1846
- Pocillopora fungiformis Veron, 2000
- Pocillopora grandis Dana, 1846
- Pocillopora indiania Veron, 2000
- Pocillopora inflata Glynn, 1999
- Pocillopora kelleheri Veron, 2000
- Pocillopora ligulata Dana, 1846
- Pocillopora mauritiana Brueggemann, 1877
- Pocillopora meandrina Dana, 1846
- Pocillopora molokensis Vaughan, 1907
- Pocillopora verrucosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
- Pocillopora vitiensis Hofmeister, 1945 †
- Pocillopora woodjonesi Vaughan, 1918
- Pocillopora zelli Veron, 2000
literature
- Julian Sprung: Korallen , Dähne Verlag, 2000 ISBN 3-92168-487-0
- Svein A. Fosså / Alf Jacob Nilsen: Coral reef aquarium , Volume 4, Schmettkamp Verlag, 1995 ISBN 3-928819-05-4
Web links
- The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Pocillopora Lamarck, 1816