African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Acropora alces (Dana, 1846)

AfReMaS name details

Acropora alces (Dana, 1846)

AphiaID

207118 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207118)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted Name

Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816)

Rank

Species

Parent

Acropora Oken, 1815

Orig. name

Madrepora alces Dana, 1846

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora alces (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207118 on 2024-04-26

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Acropora alces (Dana, 1846). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207118 on 2024-04-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-28 07:24:50Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2014-02-04 21:27:13Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-08-11 16:37:21Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

basis of record Sheppard CRC. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. Atoll Research Bulletin. 307: 1-32., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.307.1 [details]

additional source Wallace CC. (1999). Staghorn corals of the world: a revision of the coral genus Acropora (Scleractinia; Astrocoeniina; Acroporidae) worldwide, with emphasis on morphology, phylogeny and biogeography. CSIRO, Collingwood (Australia). pp i-xvii, 1-421. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)