Morphological and DNA sequence analysis of the Cytochrome oxidase (cox1) of a new record of Acropora in Lian, Batangas and Bolinao, Pangasinan

• Main Authors: Luzon, Katrina S., Licuanan, Wilfredo Roehl Y., Lagman, Ma. Carmen A.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2004
• Subjects: Acropora—Philippines—Talim Bay; Acropora—Philippines—Talim Bay—Classificatio; Marine Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/7729
• Institution: De La Salle University

Colonies of Acropora, first spotted at Talim Bay, Lian, Batangas, is suspected to be a new record for the Philippines. Conventional taxonomic identification of the coral reveals that it may be Acropara abrotanoides or Acropora robusta. The probability of these suggested species was confirmed through...