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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcropora monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879) 
AphiaID: 207103

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
taxa		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMadrepora monticulosa Brüggemann, 1879 (synonymy)
Sources  original description Brüggemann F (1879) Ueber die Korallen der Insel Ponapé. Journal du Museum Godefroy, Hamburg 14: 201-212. [details]

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Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Indian Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAldabra [details]
Mozambique
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMozambique [details]
Seychelles
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSeychelles [details]
South Pacific Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIndo-West 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 GenBank (60 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo IUCN Red List
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
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 to digitate, branches are thick, tapering to a small axial corallite. Radial corallites are uniform in size, usually arranged in rows. Colour: Blue or cream, usually with pale branch tips of various colours. Abundance: seldom abundant. May form large colonies on upper reef slopes (Veron, 1986). [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorType locality Type locality: Rodriguez (Veron, 1986). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207103
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-28 07:24:50Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  changed  van der Land, Jacob
2013-09-08 13:36:39Z  changed  Hoeksema, Bert
  
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Acropora monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207103 on 2013-12-08
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