[Coral-List] Acropora hybrid
Keven Reed
reedkc at comcast.net
Mon Dec 26 11:17:10 EST 2005
Megan,
There could be a few explanations for the growth morphology you observed, but just wanted to make sure you were aware of the paper in Science by Vollmer & Palumbi 14 June 2002 that proved via DNA analysis Caribbean Acropora prolifera is an F1 hybrid (first generation cross-breed) between A. cervicornis & A. palmata.
Happy New Year 2006,
Keven Reed
Orange Park, FL
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----- Original Message -----
From: megan berkle
To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 7:21 PM
Subject: [Coral-List] Acropora hybrid
Hey Everyone:
I was snorkelling in Tayrona National Park off of Playa Cristal in
Colombia. The majority of corals nearshore have 100% morality.
Offshore about 100 meters the corals had white band disease and I
believe purple blotch disease (one I have seen before in Florida). I
saw some Acropora palmata with Acropora cervicornis branches growing
out of it. It did not look like A. cervicornis recruits settled on
top of A. palmata and began to grow. It looked like maybe genetically
these two species mixed and formed a sort of hybrid species. Is this
possible?
Megan Berkle
Marine Science teacher, Florida
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