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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcropora retusa (Dana, 1846) 
AphiaID: 430653

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 editorAcropora pocilloporina Wallace, 1994 (synonymy)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMadrepora retusa Dana, 1846
Sources  original description Dana, J.D. 1846. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Zoophytes 7: 1-740. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. [details]

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Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCentral Pacific Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (11 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:430653
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-11-18 07:59:51Z  created  db_admin
2013-09-08 13:36:39Z  changed  Hoeksema, Bert
  
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Acropora retusa (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430653 on 2013-12-13
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