Acropora hemprichii
Creators: name: Koch, Theres
name: Ivkić, Angelina
name: Jones, Lewis A
name: Scharnhorst, Victor S
name: Stix, Constanze M
name: Auer, Antonia
name: Schöchtner, Theda
name: Özer, Gözde
name: Steinwender, Simon
name: Wallace Daurella, Joseph
name: Zuschin, Martin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Acroporidae
Acropora
Acropora hemprichii

description: Acropora hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Materials
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Observed and photographed on a current-exposed shallow reef slope; occurrenceStatus: present; occurrenceID: 17B81438-B8C4-50F8-AB16-F506AF0F6FC5; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288207; scientificName: Acropora hemprichii; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; taxonRank: Species; Location: continent: Africa; waterBody: Red Sea; country: Egypt; stateProvince: Muhafazah al Bahr al Ahmar; locality: Current-exposed coral reef located on the coastline of Egypt (Mangrove Bay), 29 km south of the coastal city of El Qoseir; verbatimDepth: 4.3; verbatimLatitude: N25°52.209′; verbatimLongitude: E034°25.181′; decimalLatitude: 25.87015; decimalLongitude: 34.4196833; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Event: samplingEffort: 3 x 20 m Line Intercept Transects; eventDate: 24-10 - 2023; year: 2023; habitat: current-exposed shallow reef slope; Record Level: institutionCode: UNIVIE; collectionCode: Coral _ Reef-Mangrove _ Bay-Egypt- 2023; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Observed and photographed on a current-exposed deeper reef slope; occurrenceStatus: present; occurrenceID: 05A515FF-C43B-5B1A-A40C-609A536B62E0; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288207; scientificName: Acropora hemprichii; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; taxonRank: Species; Location: continent: Africa; waterBody: Red Sea; country: Egypt; stateProvince: Muhafazah al Bahr al Ahmar; locality: Current-exposed coral reef located on the coastline of Egypt (Mangrove Bay), 29 km south of the coastal city of El Qoseir; minimumDepthInMeters: 8.5; maximumDepthInMeters: 8.8; verbatimLatitude: N25°52.209′; verbatimLongitude: E034°25.181′; decimalLatitude: 25.87015; decimalLongitude: 34.4196833; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Event: samplingEffort: 3 x 20 m Line Intercept Transects; eventDate: 22-10 - 2023; year: 2023; habitat: current-exposed deeper reef slope; Record Level: institutionCode: UNIVIE; collectionCode: Coral _ Reef-Mangrove _ Bay-Egypt- 2023; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Observed and photographed on a sheltered shallow reef slope; occurrenceStatus: present; occurrenceID: AA07BB31-711F-5AB8-A8EE-FCE754A24F6B; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288207; scientificName: Acropora hemprichii; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; taxonRank: Species; Location: continent: Africa; waterBody: Red Sea; country: Egypt; stateProvince: Muhafazah al Bahr al Ahmar; locality: Sheltered coral reef located on the coastline of Egypt (Mangrove Bay), 29 km south of the coastal city of El Qoseir; minimumDepthInMeters: 3.7; maximumDepthInMeters: 4.75; verbatimLatitude: N25°52.183′; verbatimLongitude: E034°25.140′; decimalLatitude: 25.8697167; decimalLongitude: 34.419; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Event: samplingEffort: 3 x 20 m Line Intercept Transects; eventDate: 23-10 - 2023; year: 2023; habitat: sheltered shallow reef slope; Record Level: institutionCode: UNIVIE; collectionCode: Coral _ Reef-Mangrove _ Bay-Egypt- 2023; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Conservation status
Vulnerable
Notes
Fig. 4.
description: Published as part of Koch, Theres, Ivkić, Angelina, Jones, Lewis A, Scharnhorst, Victor S, Stix, Constanze M, Auer, Antonia, Schöchtner, Theda, Özer, Gözde, Steinwender, Simon, Wallace Daurella, Joseph & Zuschin, Martin, 2025, Quantifying diversity and growth form distribution of scleractinian corals, in Mangrove Bay, El Qoseir, Egypt, pp. e 134282 in Biodiversity Data Journal 13 on page e134282, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e134282