WoRMS taxon details
Acropora cytherea (Dana, 1846)
207095 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207095)
accepted
Species
Acropora (Polystachus) arcuata (Brook, 1892) (synonymy)
Acropora arcuata (Brook, 1892) (synonymy)
Acropora armata (Brook, 1892) (synonymy)
Acropora corymbosa (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym ?)
Acropora cytherella Verrill, 1902 (synonymy)
Acropora efflorescens (Dana, 1846) (synonymy)
Acropora reticulata (Brook, 1892) (synonymy)
Acropora symmetrica (Brook, 1891) (synonymy)
Madrepora (Polystachys) arcuata Brook, 1892 (Synonymy)
Madrepora (Polystachys) armata Brook, 1892 (Synonymy)
Madrepora (Polystachys) corymbosa Lamarck, 1816 (homonym, synonymy)
Madrepora (Polystachys) cytherea Dana, 1846 (previous combination)
Madrepora arcuata Brook, 1892 (synonymy)
Madrepora armata Brook, 1892 (synonymy)
Madrepora candelabrum Studer, 1879 (synonymy)
Madrepora corymbosa Lamarck, 1816 (homonym, synonym)
Madrepora cytherea Dana, 1846 (original combination, basionym)
Madrepora efflorescens Dana, 1846 (synonymy)
Madrepora reticulata Brook, 1892 (synonymy)
Madrepora symmetrica Brook, 1891 (synonymy)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Madrepora cytherea Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 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]
Description This species forms horizontal tables. Branches show considerable anastomosing, so that the central portions of tables may...
Description This species forms horizontal tables. Branches show considerable anastomosing, so that the central portions of tables may become solid plates. Branchlets and elongated axial corallites turn upwards, vertically or at irregular angles, over the entire surface of the table. These are generally more individual and pronounced than in A. hyacinthus. Many branchlets also continue horizontally. The coenosteum is rough, with long cylindrical radial corallites. Branch tips may be very similar to those of A. pharaonis, but the two species are distinguishable by colony shape. This species is common in shallow water to about 20 m depth, but only in areas without strong wave action. It prefers well lit habitats, and is therefore often found in back reef conditions where there are reflective sandy patches (Sheppard, 1998).
Colonies are wide flat tables which are thin and finely structured. Fine upward projecting branchlets have exsert axial corallites. Polyps are frequently extended during the day. Colour: Uniform pale cream, brown or blue. Abundance: one of the most abundant corals of upper reef slopes and it may occur in lagoons and lower reef slopes (Veron, 1986). [details]
Colonies are wide flat tables which are thin and finely structured. Fine upward projecting branchlets have exsert axial corallites. Polyps are frequently extended during the day. Colour: Uniform pale cream, brown or blue. Abundance: one of the most abundant corals of upper reef slopes and it may occur in lagoons and lower reef slopes (Veron, 1986). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2021). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora cytherea (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207095 on 2021-04-22
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original description
(of Acropora cytherella Verrill, 1902) Verrill AE. (1902). Notes on corals of the genus Acropora (Madrepora Lam.) with new descriptions and figures of types, and of several new species. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 207-266, pls. 36, 36A-F. [details]
original description (of Madrepora cytherea Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 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]
original description (of Madrepora efflorescens Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 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]
original description (of Madrepora candelabrum Studer, 1879) Studer, T. (1879). Zweite Abtheilung der Anthozoa Polyactinia, welche während der Reise A. M. S. Corvette Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 525–550, pls. 1-5. [details]
original description (of Madrepora symmetrica Brook, 1891) Brook G (1891) Descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8: 458-471. [details]
original description (of Madrepora arcuata Brook, 1892) Brook G (1892) Preliminary descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Part II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10: 451-465. [details]
original description (of Madrepora armata Brook, 1892) Brook G (1892) Preliminary descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Part II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10: 451-465. [details]
original description (of Madrepora corymbosa Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. Paris: Verdière, 568 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]
original description (of Madrepora reticulata Brook, 1892) Brook G (1893). The genus Madrepora. Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History) 1: 1-212, pls. 1-35. [details]
original description (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) efflorescens Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 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]
original description (of Madrepora (Polystachys) candelabrum Studer, 1879) Studer, T. (1879). Zweite Abtheilung der Anthozoa Polyactinia, welche während der Reise A. M. S. Corvette Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 525–550, pls. 1-5. [details]
original description (of Madrepora (Odonthocyathus) reticulata var. cuspidata Brook, 1893) Brook G (1893). The genus Madrepora. Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History) 1: 1-212, pls. 1-35. [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Sheppard CRC. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 307: 1-32., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.307.1 [details]
additional source Wijsman-Best M, Faure G, Pichon M. (1980). Contribution to the knowledge of the stony corals from the Seychelles and Eastern Africa. <em>Revue Zoologique Africaine.</em> 3: 600-627, pls. 9-`12. [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]
additional source Cairns SD, Hoeksema BW, van der Land J. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Madrepora cytherea Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 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]
original description (of Madrepora efflorescens Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 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]
original description (of Madrepora candelabrum Studer, 1879) Studer, T. (1879). Zweite Abtheilung der Anthozoa Polyactinia, welche während der Reise A. M. S. Corvette Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 525–550, pls. 1-5. [details]
original description (of Madrepora symmetrica Brook, 1891) Brook G (1891) Descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8: 458-471. [details]
original description (of Madrepora arcuata Brook, 1892) Brook G (1892) Preliminary descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Part II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10: 451-465. [details]
original description (of Madrepora armata Brook, 1892) Brook G (1892) Preliminary descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Part II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10: 451-465. [details]
original description (of Madrepora corymbosa Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. Paris: Verdière, 568 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]
original description (of Madrepora reticulata Brook, 1892) Brook G (1893). The genus Madrepora. Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History) 1: 1-212, pls. 1-35. [details]
original description (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) efflorescens Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 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]
original description (of Madrepora (Polystachys) candelabrum Studer, 1879) Studer, T. (1879). Zweite Abtheilung der Anthozoa Polyactinia, welche während der Reise A. M. S. Corvette Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 525–550, pls. 1-5. [details]
original description (of Madrepora (Odonthocyathus) reticulata var. cuspidata Brook, 1893) Brook G (1893). The genus Madrepora. Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History) 1: 1-212, pls. 1-35. [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Sheppard CRC. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 307: 1-32., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.307.1 [details]
additional source Wijsman-Best M, Faure G, Pichon M. (1980). Contribution to the knowledge of the stony corals from the Seychelles and Eastern Africa. <em>Revue Zoologique Africaine.</em> 3: 600-627, pls. 9-`12. [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]
additional source Cairns SD, Hoeksema BW, van der Land J. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Biology zooxanthellate [details]Description This species forms horizontal tables. Branches show considerable anastomosing, so that the central portions of tables may become solid plates. Branchlets and elongated axial corallites turn upwards, vertically or at irregular angles, over the entire surface of the table. These are generally more individual and pronounced than in A. hyacinthus. Many branchlets also continue horizontally. The coenosteum is rough, with long cylindrical radial corallites. Branch tips may be very similar to those of A. pharaonis, but the two species are distinguishable by colony shape. This species is common in shallow water to about 20 m depth, but only in areas without strong wave action. It prefers well lit habitats, and is therefore often found in back reef conditions where there are reflective sandy patches (Sheppard, 1998).
Colonies are wide flat tables which are thin and finely structured. Fine upward projecting branchlets have exsert axial corallites. Polyps are frequently extended during the day. Colour: Uniform pale cream, brown or blue. Abundance: one of the most abundant corals of upper reef slopes and it may occur in lagoons and lower reef slopes (Veron, 1986). [details]
Synonymy Listed as synonym of A. hyacinthus (Dana) according to Fauré (1977). Maybe conspecific with A. hyacinthus in Vines (1986). Type locality: Tahiti (Veron, 1986). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ハナバチミドリイシ［タイハイミドリイシ］タイハイミドリイシ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Acropora corymbosa (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Madrepora cytherea Dana, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Acropora efflorescens (Dana, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Madrepora arcuata Brook, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Madrepora armata Brook, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Acropora reticulata (Brook, 1892))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Acropora arcuata (Brook, 1892))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Acropora symmetrica (Brook, 1891))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Madrepora reticulata Brook, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Madrepora efflorescens Dana, 1846)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Acropora efflorescens (Dana, 1846))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Acropora corymbosa (Lamarck, 1816))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Acropora corymbosa (Lamarck, 1816))
To GenBank (140 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Acropora efflorescens (Dana, 1846))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 45178 topview) (from synonym Acropora arcuata (Brook, 1892))
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 81462 topview)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 89397 topview)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE421verycloseup) (from synonym Madrepora cytherea Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Acropora arcuata (Brook, 1892))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (14 records) (from synonym Madrepora cytherea Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (92 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Madrepora cytherea Dana, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Acropora efflorescens (Dana, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Madrepora arcuata Brook, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Madrepora armata Brook, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Acropora reticulata (Brook, 1892))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Acropora arcuata (Brook, 1892))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Acropora symmetrica (Brook, 1891))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Madrepora reticulata Brook, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Madrepora efflorescens Dana, 1846)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Acropora efflorescens (Dana, 1846))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Acropora corymbosa (Lamarck, 1816))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Acropora corymbosa (Lamarck, 1816))
To GenBank (140 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Acropora efflorescens (Dana, 1846))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 45178 topview) (from synonym Acropora arcuata (Brook, 1892))
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 81462 topview)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 89397 topview)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE421verycloseup) (from synonym Madrepora cytherea Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Acropora arcuata (Brook, 1892))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (14 records) (from synonym Madrepora cytherea Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (92 records)
To ITIS
