WoRMS taxon details

Acropora bifurcata Nemenzo, 1971

430640  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:430640)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Nemenzo, F. (1971). Systematic studies on Philippine shallow-water scleractinians: VII. Additional forms. <em>Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines.</em> 23: 141-209. [details] 
Holotype  MSI U.P.C.-1295, geounit Philippine Exclusive...  
Holotype MSI U.P.C.-1295, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora bifurcata Nemenzo, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430640 on 2025-08-15
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Nomenclature

original description Nemenzo, F. (1971). Systematic studies on Philippine shallow-water scleractinians: VII. Additional forms. <em>Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines.</em> 23: 141-209. [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Veron JEN, Hodgson G. (1989). Annotated checklist of the hermatypic corals of the Philippines. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 43: 234-287., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10125/1219 [details] 

status source Rassmussen, S. H.; Cowman, P. F.; Baird, A. H.; Crosbie, A. J.; Quattrini, A. M.; Bonito, V.; Sinniger, F.; Harii, S.; Cabaitan, P. C.; Fadli, N.; Tan, C.-H.; Hung, J. Y.-H.; Rongo, T.; Huang, D.; Halafihi, T.; Bridge, T. C. L. (2025). The tables have turned: taxonomy, systematics and biogeography of the Acropora hyacinthus (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) complex. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 39(8): IS24049., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is24049 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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 Nemenzo F (1986) Corals. Guide to the Philippine Flora and Fauna 5: 1-273. [details] 

additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume I: Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 1, pp. 463.
page(s): 304-305 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Holotype MSI U.P.C.-1295, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]