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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcropora glauca (Brook, 1893) 
AphiaID: 207017

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCnidaria (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnthozoa (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHexacorallia (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorScleractinia (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcroporidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcropora (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcropora Oken, 1815
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMadrepora glauca Brook, 1893 (original combination, basionym)
Sources  original description Brook G (1893). The genus Madrepora. Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History) 1: 1-212, pls. 1-35. [details]

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Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Seychelles
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSeychelles [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCentral Indo-Pacific [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo IUCN Red List 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBiology zooxanthellate [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription Colonies are corymbose plates with or without upward branches. Radial corallites have wide openings and thick lips. Colour: brown, cream or green. Abundance: Abundant to rare (Veron, 1986). [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorType locality Type locality: "West Australia" (Veron, 1986). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207017
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1998-06-02 12:05:09Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-28 07:24:50Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  changed  van der Land, Jacob
2013-09-15 20:51:10Z  changed  Hoeksema, Bert
  
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2014). Acropora glauca (Brook, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207017 on 2014-04-23
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