White pox disease (also "acroporid serratiosis" and "patchy necrosis"), first noted in 1996 on coral reefs near the Florida keys, is a coral disease affecting Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) throughout the Caribbean. It causes irregular white patches or blotches on the coral that result from the loss of coral tissue. These patches distinguish white pox disease from white band disease which produces a distinctive white band where the coral skeleton has been denuded. The blotches caused by this disease are also clearly differentiated from
coral bleaching and scars caused by coral-eating snails.[1] It is very contagious, spreading to nearby coral.[2]
At the locations where white pox disease has been observed, it is estimated to have reduced the living tissue in elkhorn corals by 50–80%.[3] In the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS), the losses of living coral are estimated to average around 88%.[1] Elkhorn coral was formerly the dominant shallow water reef-building coral throughout the Caribbean but now is listed as a threatened species, due in part to the disease.[4] Elkhorn coral is the first species of coral to be listed as threatened in the United States.[5]
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^Rosenberg, Eugene; Yossi Loya (2004). Coral health and disease. Springer. p. 289. ISBN 3-540-20772-4.
^"Reef Relief - Coral Stress and Disease". www.reefrelief.org. Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
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