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Acroporidae Verrill, 1902 
AphiaID: 196095

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Typetaxon Acropora Oken, 1815
Parent Scleractinia
Source Not documented
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 Genus Acropora Oken, 1815
  » Species Acropora abrolhosensis Veron, 1985
» Species Acropora abrotanoides (Lamarck)
» Species Acropora aculeus (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora acuminata (Verrill, 1864)
» Species Acropora affinis
» Species Acropora akajimensis Veron, 1990
» Species Acropora alces Brüggemann
» Species Acropora anthocercis (Brook, 1893)
» Species Acropora appressa (Ehrenberg)
» Species Acropora arabensis Hodgson & Carpenter, 1996
» Species Acropora armata (Brook)
» Species Acropora aspera (Dana, 1845)
» Species Acropora attenuata (Brook)
» Species Acropora austera (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora awi Wallace & Wolstenholme, 1998
» Species Acropora azurea Veron & Wallace, 1984
» Species Acropora batunai Wallace, 1997
» Species Acropora branchi Riegl, 1995
» Species Acropora brevicollis Brook
» Species Acropora bushyensis Veron & Wallace, 1984
» Species Acropora capillaris (Klunzinger, 1879)
» Species Acropora cardenae Wells, 1986
» Species Acropora carduus (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora caroliniana Nemenzo, 1976
» Species Acropora cerealis (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)
» Species Acropora chesterfieldensis Veron & Wallace, 1984
» Species Acropora clathrata (Brook, 1891)
» Species Acropora conferta (Brook)
» Species Acropora convexa
» Species Acropora copiosa Nemenzo, 1967
» Species Acropora corymbosa (Lamarck, 1816)
» Species Acropora cylindrica Veron & Fenner, 2002
» Species Acropora cymbicyathus (Brook)
» Species Acropora cytherea (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora danai (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860)
» Species Acropora dendrum (Bassett-Smith, 1890)
» Species Acropora derawaensis Wallace, 1997
» Species Acropora desalwii Wallace, 1994
» Species Acropora digitifera (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora disticha Brook
» Species Acropora divaricata (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora donei Veron & Wallace, 1984
» Species Acropora downingi Wallace, 1999
» Species Acropora echinata (Dana)
» Species Acropora elegans (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860)
» Species Acropora elizabethensis Veron, 2002
» Species Acropora elseyi (Brook, 1892)
» Species Acropora eurystoma (Klunzinger)
» Species Acropora exigua (Dana)
» Species Acropora exquisita Nemenzo, 1971
» Species Acropora fenneri Veron, 2002
» Species Acropora filiformis Veron, 2002
» Species Acropora flabelliformis Milne Edwards & Haime
» Species Acropora florida (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora formosa (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora forskali (Ehrenberg, 1834)
» Species Acropora gemmifera (Brook, 1892)
» Species Acropora glauca (Brook, 1893)
» Species Acropora glochiclados (Brook)
» Species Acropora gomezi Veron, 2002
» Species Acropora gonagra Milne Edwards & Haime
» Species Acropora gracilis
» Species Acropora grandis (Brook)
» Species Acropora granulosa (Milne Edwards & Haime)
» Species Acropora halmaherae Wallace & Wolstenholme, 1998
» Species Acropora hebes (Dana)
» Species Acropora hemprichi (Ehrenberg, 1834)
» Species Acropora hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834)
» Species Acropora hoeksemai Wallace, 1997
» Species Acropora horrida (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora humilis (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora hyacinthus (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora implicata (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora indiana Wallace, 1994
» Species Acropora indica (Brook)
» Species Acropora indonesia Wallace, 1997
» Species Acropora insignis Nemenzo, 1967
» Species Acropora intermedia (Brook)
» Species Acropora jacquelinae Wallace, 1994
» Species Acropora japonica Veron, 2002
» Species Acropora kenti (Brook)
» Species Acropora kimbeensis Wallace, 1999
» Species Acropora kirstyae Veron & Wallace, 1984
» Species Acropora kosurini Wallace, 1994
» Species Acropora lamarcki Veron, 2002
» Species Acropora latistella (Brook, 1891)
» Species Acropora listeri (Brook)
» Species Acropora loisetteae Wallace, 1994
» Species Acropora lokani Wallace, 1994
» Species Acropora longicyathus (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860)
» Species Acropora loripes (Brook, 1892)
» Species Acropora lovelii Veron & Wallace, 1984
» Species Acropora lutkeni Crossland, 1952
» Species Acropora magnifica Nemenzo, 1971
» Species Acropora maryae Veron, 2002
» Species Acropora microclados (Ehrenberg)
» Species Acropora microphthalma (Verrill, 1859)
» Species Acropora millepora (Ehrenberg, 1834)
» Species Acropora minuta Veron, 2002
» Species Acropora mirabilis Quelch, 1886
» Species Acropora monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)
» Species Acropora mossambica Riegl, 1995
» Species Acropora multiacuta (Nemenzo, 1967)
» Species Acropora multicaulis (Brook)
» Species Acropora muricata (Lamarck)
  » Subspecies Acropora muricata cervicornis (Lamarck)
» Subspecies Acropora muricata prolifera (Lamarck)
» Species Acropora murrayensis Vaughan
» Species Acropora nana (Studer, 1878)
» Species Acropora nasuta (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora natalensis Riegl, 1995
» Species Acropora navini Veron, 2002
» Species Acropora nobilis (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora ocellata (Klunzinger, 1879)
» Species Acropora oligocyathus (Brook)
» Species Acropora pacifica Brook
» Species Acropora pagoensis Hoffmeister, 1925
» Species Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816)
» Species Acropora palmerae Wells
» Species Acropora paniculata Verrill, 1902
» Species Acropora parahemprichii Veron, 2002
» Species Acropora parapharaonis Veron, 2002
» Species Acropora parilis Quelch, 1886
» Species Acropora pectinatus Veron, 2002
» Species Acropora pharaonis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860)
» Species Acropora pichoni Wallace, 1999
» Species Acropora plumosa Wallace & Wolstenholme, 1998
» Species Acropora pocilloporina Wallace, 1994
» Species Acropora polymorpha (Brook, 1893)
» Species Acropora polystoma (Brook, 1891)
» Species Acropora prolifera (Lamarck, 1816)
» Species Acropora prostrata (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora proximalis Veron, 2002
» Species Acropora pruinosa (Brook, 1893)
» Species Acropora pulchra (Brook, 1891)
» Species Acropora pyramidalis (Klunzinger)
» Species Acropora quelchi (Dana)
» Species Acropora rambleri Bassett-Smith
» Species Acropora ridzwani Ditlev, 2003
» Species Acropora robusta (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora rongelapensis Richards & Wallace, 2004
» Species Acropora rosaria (Brook, 1893)
» Species Acropora roseni Wallace, 1999
» Species Acropora rudis (Rehberg, 1892)
» Species Acropora rufus Veron, 2002
» Species Acropora russelli Wallace, 1994
» Species Acropora samoensis (Brook, 1891)
» Species Acropora sarmentosa (Brook, 1892)
» Species Acropora scandens
» Species Acropora scherzeriana Brüggemann
» Species Acropora secale (Studer, 1878)
» Species Acropora sekiseiensis Veron, 1990
» Species Acropora selago (Studer, 1878)
» Species Acropora seriata Brüggemann
» Species Acropora serrata Lamarck
» Species Acropora simplex Wallace & Wolstenholme, 1998
» Species Acropora sirikitiae Wallace, Phongsuwan & Muir, 2012
» Species Acropora solitaryensis Veron & Wallace, 1984
» Species Acropora sordiensis Riegl, 1995
» Species Acropora spicifera (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora squarrosa (Ehrenberg, 1834)
» Species Acropora stigataria Milne Edwards & Haime
» Species Acropora stoddarti Pillai & Scheer, 1976
» Species Acropora striata (Verrill)
» Species Acropora subglabra (Brook, 1891)
» Species Acropora subulata (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora suharsonoi Wallace, 1994
» Species Acropora sukarnoi Wallace, 1997
» Species Acropora surculosa (Dana)
» Species Acropora syringoides (Brook)
» Species Acropora tanegashimensis Veron, 1990
» Species Acropora tenella (Brook, 1892)
» Species Acropora tenuis (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora teres (Verrill, 1866)
» Species Acropora thurstoni (Brook)
» Species Acropora torihalimeda Wallace, 1994
» Species Acropora torresiana Veron, 2002
» Species Acropora tortuosa (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora tuberculosa Milne Edwards & Haime
» Species Acropora tumida Verrill, 1866
» Species Acropora turaki Wallace, 1994
» Species Acropora tylostoma Ehrenberg
» Species Acropora valenciennesi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860)
» Species Acropora valida (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora vaughani Wells, 1954
» Species Acropora verweyi Veron & Wallace, 1984
» Species Acropora walindii Wallace, 1999
» Species Acropora wallacea Veron, 1990
» Species Acropora willisae Veron & Wallace, 1984
» Species Acropora yongei Veron & Wallace
» Species Acropora khayranensis Claereboudt, 2006 (nomen nudum)
» Species Acropora paragemmifera Claereboudt, 2006 (nomen nudum)
» Species Acropora africana (Brook) accepted as Acropora tenuis (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora arbuscula (Dana) accepted as Acropora formosa (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora arcuata (Brook) accepted as Acropora cytherea (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora baeodactyla (Brook) accepted as Acropora digitifera (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora brueggemanni (Brook, 1893) accepted as Isopora brueggemanni (Brook, 1893)
» Species Acropora calamaria (Brook) accepted as Acropora humilis (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora complanata (Brook, 1893) accepted as Acropora clathrata (Brook, 1891)
» Species Acropora concinna (Brook) accepted as Acropora valida (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora conigera (Dana) accepted as Acropora robusta (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora crateriformis (Gardiner, 1898) accepted as Isopora crateriformis (Gardiner, 1898)
» Species Acropora cuneata (Dana, 1846) accepted as Isopora cuneata (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora decipiens (Brook, 1893) accepted as Acropora robusta (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora deliculata (Brook) accepted as Acropora selago (Studer, 1878)
» Species Acropora diversa (Brook) accepted as Acropora secale (Studer, 1878)
» Species Acropora erythraea (Klunzinger) accepted as Acropora humilis (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora exilis (Brook) accepted as Acropora elseyi (Brook, 1892)
» Species Acropora gravida (Dana) accepted as Acropora florida (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora haimei Edwards & Haime accepted as Acropora yongei Veron & Wallace
» Species Acropora irregularis (Brook, 1892) accepted as Acropora danai (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860)
» Species Acropora leptocyathus Brook accepted as Acropora digitifera (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora macrostoma (Brook) accepted as Acropora tenuis (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora massawensis von Marenzeller, 1906 accepted as Acropora polystoma (Brook, 1891)
» Species Acropora orbicularis (Brook, 1892) accepted as Acropora clathrata (Brook, 1891)
» Species Acropora palifera (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Isopora palifera (Lamarck, 1816)
» Species Acropora patula (Brook) accepted as Acropora latistella (Brook, 1891)
» Species Acropora pectinia (Brook) accepted as Acropora hyacinthus (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora pinguis Wells accepted as Acropora robusta (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora plantaginea (Lamarck) accepted as Acropora secale (Studer, 1878)
» Species Acropora pustulosa (Milne Edwards & Haime) accepted as Acropora pharaonis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860)
» Species Acropora recumbens (Brook) accepted as Acropora hyacinthus (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora reticulata (Brook, 1893) accepted as Acropora cytherea (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora rotumana (Gardiner) accepted as Acropora danai (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860)
» Species Acropora rousseauii Milne Edwards & Haime accepted as Acropora valida (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora schmitti Wells, 1950 accepted as Acropora digitifera (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora smithi (Brook, 1893) accepted as Acropora robusta (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora spectabilis (Brook) accepted as Acropora humilis (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora symmetrica (Brook) accepted as Acropora cytherea (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora tizardi (Brook) accepted as Acropora cerealis (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora togianensis Wallace, 1997 accepted as Isopora togianensis (Wallace, 1997)
» Species Acropora uncinata (Brook, 1892) accepted as Acropora brueggemanni (Brook, 1893)
» Species Acropora variabilis (Klunzinger) accepted as Acropora valida (Dana, 1846)
» Species Acropora vasiformis (Brook) accepted as Acropora clathrata (Brook, 1891)
Genus Anacropora Ridley, 1884
  » Species Anacropora forbesi Ridley, 1884
» Species Anacropora matthai Pillai, 1973
» Species Anacropora pillai Veron, 2002
» Species Anacropora puertogalerae Nemenzo, 1964
» Species Anacropora reticulata Veron & Wallace, 1984
» Species Anacropora spinosa Rehberg, 1892
» Species Anacropora spumosa Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2002
Genus Astreopora Blainville, 1830
  » Species Astreopora acroporina Wallace, Turak & DeVantier, 2011
» Species Astreopora cenderawasih Wallace, Turak & DeVantier, 2011
» Species Astreopora cucullata Lamberts, 1980
» Species Astreopora expansa (Brüggemann, 1877)
» Species Astreopora explanata Veron, 1985
» Species Astreopora gracilis Bernard, 1896
» Species Astreopora incrustans
» Species Astreopora kenti Bernard
» Species Astreopora lambertsi Moll & Best, 1984
» Species Astreopora listeri Bernard, 1896
» Species Astreopora macrostoma Veron & Wallace, 1984
» Species Astreopora monteporina Wallace, Turak & DeVantier, 2011
» Species Astreopora moretonensis Veron & Wallace, 1984
» Species Astreopora myriophthalma (Lamarck, 1816)
» Species Astreopora ocellata Bernard
» Species Astreopora randalli Lamberts, 1980
» Species Astreopora suggesta Wells, 1954
» Species Astreopora horizontalis Bernard accepted as Astreopora listeri Bernard, 1896
» Species Astreopora profunda Verrill accepted as Astreopora myriophthalma (Lamarck, 1816)
Genus Enigmopora Ditlev, 2003
  » Species Enigmopora darveliensis Ditlev, 2003
Genus Isopora Studer, 1878
  » Species Isopora brueggemanni (Brook, 1893)
» Species Isopora crateriformis (Gardiner, 1898)
» Species Isopora cuneata (Dana, 1846)
» Species Isopora palifera (Lamarck, 1816)
» Species Isopora togianensis (Wallace, 1997)
Genus Montipora Blainville, 1830
  » Species Montipora aequituberculata Bernard, 1897
» Species Montipora altasepta Nemenzo, 1964
» Species Montipora ambigua Bernard
» Species Montipora angulata (Lamarck, 1816)
» Species Montipora aspergillus Veron, DeVantier & Turak, 2002
» Species Montipora australiensis Bernard, 1897
» Species Montipora bernardi Vaughan, 1907
» Species Montipora brueggemanni Bernard
» Species Montipora cactus Bernard, 1897
» Species Montipora calcarea Bernard, 1897
» Species Montipora caliculata (Dana, 1846)
» Species Montipora capitata Dana, 1846
» Species Montipora capricornis Veron, 1985
» Species Montipora cebuensis Nemenzo, 1976
» Species Montipora circumvallata (Ehrenberg)
» Species Montipora composita
» Species Montipora compressa
» Species Montipora confusa Nemenzo, 1967
» Species Montipora corbettensis Veron & Wallace, 1984
» Species Montipora crassituberculata Bernard, 1897
» Species Montipora cryptus Veron, 2002
» Species Montipora culiculata Bernard
» Species Montipora danae (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851)
» Species Montipora delicatula Veron, 2002
» Species Montipora digitata (Dana, 1846)
» Species Montipora dilatata Studer, 1901
» Species Montipora echinata Veron, DeVantier & Turak, 2002
» Species Montipora edwardsi Bernard, 1897
» Species Montipora efflorescens Bernard, 1897
» Species Montipora effusa (Dana)
» Species Montipora ehrenbergi
» Species Montipora elschneri Vaughan, 1918
» Species Montipora explanata Brüggemann
» Species Montipora explanulata Bernard
» Species Montipora flabellata Studer
» Species Montipora florida Nemenzo, 1967
» Species Montipora floweri Wells, 1954
» Species Montipora foliosa (Pallas, 1766)
» Species Montipora foveolata (Dana, 1846)
» Species Montipora friabilis Bernard
» Species Montipora gaimardi Bernard, 1897
» Species Montipora gracilis
» Species Montipora granulosa
» Species Montipora grisea Bernard, 1897
» Species Montipora hemispherica Veron, 2002
» Species Montipora hirsuta Nemenzo, 1967
» Species Montipora hispida (Dana, 1846)
» Species Montipora hodgsoni Veron, 2002
» Species Montipora hoffmeisteri Wells, 1954
» Species Montipora incrassata (Dana, 1846)
» Species Montipora informis Bernard, 1897
» Species Montipora kellyi Veron, 2002
» Species Montipora lichen Dana
» Species Montipora lobulata Bernard
» Species Montipora mactanensis Nemenzo, 1979
» Species Montipora malampaya Nemenzo, 1967
» Species Montipora millepora Crossland
» Species Montipora mollis (Bernard)
» Species Montipora monasteriata (Forskal, 1775)
» Species Montipora niugini Veron, 2002
» Species Montipora nodosa (Dana, 1846)
» Species Montipora orientalis Nemenzo, 1967
» Species Montipora pachytuberculata Veron, DeVantier & Turak, 2002
» Species Montipora palawanensis Veron, 2002
» Species Montipora patula Verrill
» Species Montipora paupera Mamen.
» Species Montipora peltiformis Bernard, 1897
» Species Montipora perforata Bernard
» Species Montipora porites Veron, 2002
» Species Montipora samarensis Nemenzo, 1967
» Species Montipora saudii Turak, DeVantier & Veron, 2002
» Species Montipora setosa Nemenzo, 1976
» Species Montipora sinensis Bernard
» Species Montipora solanderi Bernard
» Species Montipora spongiosa (Ehrenberg)
» Species Montipora spongodes Bernard
» Species Montipora spumosa (Lamarck, 1816)
» Species Montipora stellata Bernard
» Species Montipora stilosa (Ehrenberg, 1834)
» Species Montipora striata Bernard, 1897
» Species Montipora studeri Vaughan, 1907
» Species Montipora stylosa (Ehrenberg)
» Species Montipora taiwanensis Veron, 2002
» Species Montipora tenuicaulis Vaughan, 1907
» Species Montipora tenuissima Bernard
» Species Montipora tortuosa Dana, 1846
» Species Montipora tuberculosa (Lamarck, 1816)
» Species Montipora turgescens Bernard, 1897
» Species Montipora turtlensis Veron & Wallace, 1984
» Species Montipora undata Bernard, 1897
» Species Montipora venosa (Ehrenberg)
» Species Montipora verrilli Vaughan
» Species Montipora verrucosa (Lamarck, 1816)
» Species Montipora verruculosus Veron, 2002
» Species Montipora vietnamensis Veron, 2002
» Species Montipora divaricata Brüggemann accepted as Montipora digitata (Dana, 1846)
» Species Montipora erythraea Marenzeller accepted as Montipora aequituberculata Bernard, 1897
» Species Montipora expansa Dana accepted as Montipora hispida (Dana, 1846)
» Species Montipora fungiformis Bernard accepted as Montipora monasteriata (Forskal, 1775)
» Species Montipora guppyi Bernard accepted as Montipora spumosa (Lamarck, 1816)
» Species Montipora incrustans Brüggemann accepted as Montipora monasteriata (Forskal, 1775)
» Species Montipora languinosa Bernard accepted as Montipora monasteriata (Forskal, 1775)
» Species Montipora mammifera Bernard accepted as Montipora tuberculosa (Lamarck, 1816)
» Species Montipora meandrina (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Montipora danae (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851)
» Species Montipora prolifera Brüggemann, 1879 accepted as Montipora foliosa (Pallas, 1766)
» Species Montipora punctata Bernard accepted as Montipora hispida (Dana, 1846)
» Species Montipora ramosa Bernard accepted as Montipora digitata (Dana, 1846)
» Species Montipora rus (Forskal) accepted as Montipora danae (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851)
» Species Montipora socialis Bernard, 1897 accepted as Montipora foveolata (Dana, 1846)
» Species Montipora subtilis Bernard accepted as Montipora millepora Crossland
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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Note  Description: Colonial, hermatypic, mostly extant. Colonies have all growth forms known for hermatypic corals.
Corallites (except Astreopora) are small with septa in two cycles or less, columellae are poorly developed. Related families Pocilloporidae and Astrocoeniidae. (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196095
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Acroporidae Verrill, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196095 on 2013-05-21
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