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Acropora africana (Brook) 
AphiaID: 207063

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Acropora (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Added by Database Management Team
Accepted name  Acropora tenuis (Dana, 1846)
Rank Species
Parent Acropora Oken, 1815
Sources  source of synonymy: Sheppard, C.R.C. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. Atoll Research Bulletin Nr 307 [details]

source of synonymy: Riegl, B. (1995). Description of four new species in the hard coral genus Acropora Oken, 1815 (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) from south-east Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 113: 229-247. [details]

Distribution Mozambique [details]
Link To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207063
Taxonomic
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1997-01-31 16:37:49Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Acropora africana (Brook). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207063 on 2013-05-21
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