NAVIGATION
This page is a sub-page of ObsI / The Acroporoids / A. prolifera / (This Page)
on the website Barbados Fringing Reefs and Seagrass Beds (www.versicolor.ca/barbados).
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Map prepared from Google Earth showing the reef zones (Lewis 1960) and occurrence of the 3 Acropora species on Vauxhall Reef. Occurrences are based based on observations 2015-2024; most are recorded on iNaturalist.
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Photos of A prolifera specimens at Vauxhall Reef on Mar 14, 2015.“Specimen 1” photos are within the “Mother Colony”, location shown at right. This large mass of A. palmata likely developed by fusion and growth of individual colonies.
Specimens 2 to 15, are discrete colonies located within “The FAN” shown at right, proceeding from the Mother Colony towards the shore.
More info about these colonies under the page All 3 Acroporoids occurred on Vauxhall Reef 2015 (& earlier) to 2023.
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 The 2 scales, a piece of coral above;. head of hammer below |
 Specimen 1, scale is 10.5 cm |
 Specimen 1, cont’d, scale is 10.5 cm |
 Specimen 2, scale is 10.5 cm |
 Specimen 3, scale is 10.5 cm |
 Specimen 4, scale is 10.5 cm |
 Specimen 5, scale is 10.5 cm |
 Specimen 6, scale is 10.5 cm |
 Specimen 7, scale is 10.5 cm |
 Specimen 8, scale is 10.5 cm |
 Specimen 9, scale is 10.5 cm |
 Specimen 10, scale is 10.5 cm |
 Specimen 11, scale is 10.5 cm |
 Specimen 12, scale is 10.5 cm |
 Specimen 13, scale is 10.5 cm |
 Specimen 14, scale is 10.5 cm |
 Specimen 15, scale is 15.o cm |