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Acropora Oken, 1815

205469  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205469)

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  1. Species Acropora abrolhosensis Veron, 1985
  2. Species Acropora abrotanoides (Lamarck, 1816)
  3. Species Acropora acervata (Dana, 1846)
  4. Species Acropora aculeus (Dana, 1846)
  5. Species Acropora acuminata (Verrill, 1864)
  6. Species Acropora africana (Brook, 1893)
  7. Species Acropora akajimensis Veron, 1990
  8. Species Acropora alvarezi Wallace, 2008 †
  9. Species Acropora anglica (Duncan, 1866) †
  10. Species Acropora anthocercis (Brook, 1893)
  11. Species Acropora arabensis Hodgson & Carpenter, 1995
  12. Species Acropora arafura Wallace, Done & Muir, 2012
  13. Species Acropora aspera (Dana, 1846)
  14. Species Acropora austera (Dana, 1846)
  15. Species Acropora awi Wallace & Wolstenholme, 1998
  16. Species Acropora bartonensis Wallace, 2008 †
  17. Species Acropora batunai Wallace, 1997
  18. Species Acropora bifaria (Brook, 1892)
  19. Species Acropora bonellii (Sismonda, 1871) †
  20. Species Acropora borneoensis (Felix, 1921) †
  21. Species Acropora branchi Riegl, 1995
  22. Species Acropora britannica Wallace, 2008 †
  23. Species Acropora bushyensis Veron & Wallace, 1984
  24. Species Acropora capillaris (Klunzinger, 1879)
  25. Species Acropora cardenae Wells, 1985
  26. Species Acropora carduus (Dana, 1846)
  27. Species Acropora caroliniana Nemenzo, 1976
  28. Species Acropora cerealis (Dana, 1846)
  29. Species Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)
  30. Species Acropora chesterfieldensis Veron & Wallace, 1984
  31. Species Acropora clathrata (Brook, 1891)
  32. Species Acropora crassa Coryell, 1929 †
  33. Species Acropora cytherea (Dana, 1846)
  34. Species Acropora darrellae Santodomingo, Wallace & Johnson, 2015 †
  35. Species Acropora deformis (Michelin, 1840) †
  36. Species Acropora dendrum (Bassett-Smith, 1890)
  37. Species Acropora derawanensis Wallace, 1997
  38. Species Acropora desalwii Wallace, 1994
  39. Species Acropora digitifera (Dana, 1846)
  40. Species Acropora divaricata (Dana, 1846)
  41. Species Acropora donei Veron & Wallace, 1984
  42. Species Acropora downingi Wallace, 1999
  43. Species Acropora duncani (Reuss, 1866) †
  44. Species Acropora echinata (Dana, 1846)
  45. Species Acropora eibli Pillai & Scheer, 1976
  46. Species Acropora elegans (Milne Edwards, 1860)
  47. Species Acropora elenae Santodomingo, Wallace & Johnson, 2015 †
  48. Species Acropora elseyi (Brook, 1892)
  49. Species Acropora emanuelae Santodomingo, Wallace & Johnson, 2015 †
  50. Species Acropora eurystoma (Klunzinger, 1879)
  51. Species Acropora exarata (Michelotti, 1838) †
  52. Species Acropora exquisita Nemenzo, 1971
  53. Species Acropora fastigata Nemenzo, 1967
  54. Species Acropora fennemai (Gerth, 1921) †
  55. Species Acropora fenneri Veron, 2000
  56. Species Acropora filiformis Veron, 2000
  57. Species Acropora florida (Dana, 1846)
  58. Species Acropora gemmifera (Brook, 1892)
  59. Species Acropora glauca (Brook, 1893)
  60. Species Acropora globiceps (Dana, 1846)
  61. Species Acropora gomezi Veron, 2000
  62. Species Acropora grandis (Brook, 1892)
  63. Species Acropora granulosa (Milne Edwards, 1860)
  64. Species Acropora haidingeri (Reuss, 1864) †
  65. Species Acropora halmaherae Wallace & Wolstenholme, 1998
  66. Species Acropora hasibuani Santodomingo, Wallace & Johnson, 2015 †
  67. Species Acropora hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834)
  68. Species Acropora herklotsi (Reuss, 1866) †
  69. Species Acropora hoeksemai Wallace, 1997
  70. Species Acropora horrida (Dana, 1846)
  71. Species Acropora humilis (Dana, 1846)
  72. Species Acropora hyacinthus (Dana, 1846)
  73. Species Acropora indonesia Wallace, 1997
  74. Species Acropora intermedia (Brook, 1891)
  75. Species Acropora jacquelineae Wallace, 1994
  76. Species Acropora japonica Veron, 2000
  77. Species Acropora kenti (Brook, 1892)
  78. Species Acropora kimbeensis Wallace, 1999
  79. Species Acropora kirstyae Veron & Wallace, 1984
  80. Species Acropora kosurini Wallace, 1994
  81. Species Acropora lamarcki Veron, 2000
  82. Species Acropora latistella (Brook, 1892)
  83. Species Acropora laurae Santodomingo, Wallace & Johnson, 2015 †
  84. Species Acropora lavandulina (Michelin, 1842) †
  85. Species Acropora listeri (Brook, 1893)
  86. Species Acropora loisetteae Wallace, 1994
  87. Species Acropora lokani Wallace, 1994
  88. Species Acropora longicyathus (Milne Edwards, 1860)
  89. Species Acropora loripes (Brook, 1892)
  90. Species Acropora lovelli Veron & Wallace, 1984
  91. Species Acropora lutkeni Crossland, 1952
  92. Species Acropora macrocalyx Wallace & Bosselini, 2015 †
  93. Species Acropora macrostoma (Brook, 1891)
  94. Species Acropora microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)
  95. Species Acropora microphthalma (Verrill, 1869)
  96. Species Acropora millepora (Ehrenberg, 1834)
  97. Species Acropora monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)
  98. Species Acropora mossambica Riegl, 1995
  99. Species Acropora multiacuta Nemenzo, 1967
  100. Species Acropora muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  101. Species Acropora nana (Studer, 1879)
  102. Species Acropora nasuta (Dana, 1846)
  103. Species Acropora natalensis Riegl, 1995
  104. Species Acropora ornata (Defrance, 1828) †
  105. Species Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816)
  106. Species Acropora palmerae Wells, 1954
  107. Species Acropora panamensis Vaughan, 1919 †
  108. Species Acropora paniculata Verrill, 1902
  109. Species Acropora papillare Latypov, 1992
  110. Species Acropora pectinata Veron, 2000
  111. Species Acropora pharaonis (Milne Edwards, 1860)
  112. Species Acropora pichoni Wallace, 1999
  113. Species Acropora piedmontensis Wallace & Bosselini, 2015 †
  114. Species Acropora plumosa Wallace & Wolstenholme, 1998
  115. Species Acropora polystoma (Brook, 1891)
  116. Species Acropora prolifera (Lamarck, 1816)
  117. Species Acropora proteacea Wallace, 2008 †
  118. Species Acropora proximalis Veron, 2000
  119. Species Acropora pruinosa (Brook, 1893)
  120. Species Acropora pulchra (Brook, 1891)
  121. Species Acropora renemai Santodomingo, Wallace & Johnson, 2015 †
  122. Species Acropora retusa (Dana, 1846)
  123. Species Acropora ridzwani Ditlev, 2003
  124. Species Acropora robusta (Dana, 1846)
  125. Species Acropora roemeri (Duncan, 1866) †
  126. Species Acropora rongelapensis Richards & Wallace, 2004
  127. Species Acropora roseni Wallace, 1999
  128. Species Acropora rudis (Rehberg, 1892)
  129. Species Acropora rufa Veron, 2000
  130. Species Acropora russelli Wallace, 1994
  131. Species Acropora salentina Wallace & Bosselini, 2015 †
  132. Species Acropora saludensis Vaughan, 1919 †
  133. Species Acropora samoensis (Brook, 1891)
  134. Species Acropora sarmentosa (Brook, 1892)
  135. Species Acropora secale (Studer, 1878)
  136. Species Acropora selago (Studer, 1879)
  137. Species Acropora seriata (Ehrenberg, 1834)
  138. Species Acropora simplex Wallace & Wolstenholme, 1998
  139. Species Acropora sirikitiae Wallace, Phongsuwan & Muir, 2012
  140. Species Acropora slovenica Wallace & Bosselini, 2015 †
  141. Species Acropora solanderi (Defrance, 1828) †
  142. Species Acropora solitaryensis Veron & Wallace, 1984
  143. Species Acropora sordiensis Riegl, 1995
  144. Species Acropora spathulata (Brook, 1891)
  145. Species Acropora speciosa (Quelch, 1886)
  146. Species Acropora spicifera (Dana, 1846)
  147. Species Acropora squamata Latypov, 1992
  148. Species Acropora squarrosa (Ehrenberg, 1834)
  149. Species Acropora stoddarti Pillai & Scheer, 1976
  150. Species Acropora striata (Verrill, 1866)
  151. Species Acropora subglabra (Brook, 1891)
  152. Species Acropora subulata (Dana, 1846)
  153. Species Acropora suharsonoi Wallace, 1994
  154. Species Acropora sukarnoi Wallace, 1997
  155. Species Acropora tampaensis Weisbord, 1973 †
  156. Species Acropora tanegashimensis Veron, 1990
  157. Species Acropora tenella (Brook, 1892)
  158. Species Acropora tenuis (Dana, 1846)
  159. Species Acropora torihalimeda Wallace, 1994
  160. Species Acropora tortuosa (Dana, 1846)
  161. Species Acropora tuberculosa (Milne Edwards, 1860)
  162. Species Acropora tumida (Verrill, 1866)
  163. Species Acropora turaki Wallace, 1994
  164. Species Acropora valenciennesi (Milne Edwards, 1860)
  165. Species Acropora valida (Dana, 1846)
  166. Species Acropora variolosa (Klunzinger, 1879)
  167. Species Acropora vaughani Wells, 1954
  168. Species Acropora verweyi Veron & Wallace, 1984
  169. Species Acropora walindii Wallace, 1999
  170. Species Acropora willisae Veron & Wallace, 1984
  171. Species Acropora wilsonae Wallace, 2008 †
  172. Species Acropora yongei Veron & Wallace, 1984
  173. Species Acropora bifurcata Nemenzo, 1971 accepted as Acropora hyacinthus (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  174. Species Acropora convexa (Dana, 1846) accepted as Acropora millepora (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  175. Species Acropora copiosa Nemenzo, 1967 accepted as Acropora muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  176. Species Acropora efflorescens (Dana, 1846) accepted as Acropora cytherea (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  177. Species Acropora formosa (Dana, 1846) accepted as Acropora muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  178. Species Acropora inermis (Brook, 1891) accepted as Acropora microphthalma (Verrill, 1869) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  179. Species Acropora insignis Nemenzo, 1967 accepted as Acropora selago (Studer, 1879) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  180. Species Acropora irregularis (Brook, 1892) accepted as Acropora abrotanoides (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  181. Species Acropora khayranensis Claereboudt, 2006 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  182. Species Acropora lianae Nemenzo, 1967 accepted as Acropora loripes (Brook, 1892) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  183. Species Acropora maryae Veron, 2000 accepted as Acropora squarrosa (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  184. Species Acropora massawensis von Marenzeller, 1907 accepted as Acropora polystoma (Brook, 1891) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  185. Species Acropora meridiana Nemenzo, 1971 accepted as Isopora brueggemanni (Brook, 1891) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  186. Species Acropora minuta Veron, 2000 accepted as Acropora palmerae Wells, 1954 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  187. Species Acropora navini Veron, 2000 accepted as Acropora longicyathus (Milne Edwards, 1860) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  188. Species Acropora nobilis (Dana, 1846) accepted as Acropora robusta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  189. Species Acropora ocellata (Klunzinger, 1879) accepted as Acropora humilis (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  190. Species Acropora orbicularis (Brook, 1892) accepted as Acropora clathrata (Brook, 1891) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  191. Species Acropora pagoensis Hoffmeister, 1925 accepted as Acropora eurystoma (Klunzinger, 1879) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  192. Species Acropora palifera (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Isopora palifera (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  193. Species Acropora paragemmifera Claereboudt, 2006 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  194. Species Acropora parahemprichii Veron, 2000 accepted as Acropora austera (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  195. Species Acropora parapharaonis Veron, 2000 accepted as Acropora valida (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  196. Species Acropora parilis (Quelch, 1886) accepted as Acropora horrida (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, ?)
  197. Species Acropora pectinata (Brook, 1892) accepted as Acropora hyacinthus (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  198. Species Acropora pectinatus Veron, 2000 accepted as Acropora pectinata Veron, 2000 (wrong spelling species name)
  199. Species Acropora pinguis Wells, 1950 accepted as Acropora robusta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  200. Species Acropora plana Nemenzo, 1967 accepted as Acropora tenuis (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  201. Species Acropora prostrata (Dana, 1846) accepted as Acropora millepora (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  202. Species Acropora rambleri (Bassett-Smith, 1890) accepted as Acropora speciosa (Quelch, 1886) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  203. Species Acropora rosaria (Dana, 1846) accepted as Acropora loripes (Brook, 1892) (synonym ?)
  204. Species Acropora rufus Veron, 2000 accepted as Acropora rufa Veron, 2000 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  205. Species Acropora scherzeriana (Brüggemann, 1877) accepted as Acropora gemmifera (Brook, 1892) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  206. Species Acropora schmitti Wells, 1950 accepted as Acropora digitifera (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  207. Species Acropora sekiseiensis Veron, 1990 accepted as Acropora horrida (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  208. Species Acropora tizardi (Brook, 1892) accepted as Acropora cerealis (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  209. Species Acropora torresiana Veron, 2000 accepted as Acropora samoensis (Brook, 1891) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  210. Species Acropora tutuilensis Hoffmeister, 1925 accepted as Acropora abrotanoides (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  211. Species Acropora variabilis (Klunzinger, 1879) accepted as Acropora valida (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  212. Species Acropora vermiculata Nemenzo, 1967 accepted as Acropora sarmentosa (Brook, 1892) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  213. Species Acropora wallaceae Veron, 1990 accepted as Acropora samoensis (Brook, 1891) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  214. Species Acropora appressa (Ehrenberg, 1834) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  215. Species Acropora cophodactyla (Brook, 1892) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  216. Species Acropora elegantula (Ortmann, 1889) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  217. Species Acropora forskali (Ehrenberg, 1834) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  218. Species Acropora haimei (Milne Edwards, 1860) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  219. Species Acropora mirabilis (Quelch, 1886) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  220. Species Acropora plantaginea (Lamarck, 1816) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  221. Species Acropora spinosa † (uncertain > unassessed)
  222. Species Acropora teres (Verrill, 1866) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
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Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. <em>Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=Spo5AAAAcAAJ [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora Oken, 1815. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205469 on 2024-03-29
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024). Marine Species Traits. Acropora Oken, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205469 on 2024-03-29
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1997-02-03 14:17:27Z
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2000-09-28 07:24:50Z
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Garcia, Maria
2008-10-04 18:36:46Z
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2013-09-02 08:00:17Z
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2013-09-15 20:51:10Z
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2014-04-13 21:57:04Z
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2018-12-31 09:47:43Z
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original description Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. <em>Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=Spo5AAAAcAAJ [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em>  [details]   

additional source Riegl, B. (1995). A revision of the hard coral genus Acropora Oken, 1815 (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) in south-east Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 113: 249-288 [details]   

additional source Dawson EW. (1992). The Coelenterata of the New Zealand region: a handlist for curators, students and ecologists. <em>Occasional papers of the Hutton Foundation, New Zealand.</em> 1: 1-68.
page(s): 47 [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 Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 124, 129 [details]   

additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em>  [details]   

additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T. (1935). Revised list of the reef-corals from the Japanese seas and of the fossil reef corals of the raised reefs and the Ryukyu limestone of Japan. <em>Journal of the Geological Society of Japan.</em> 42: 379-403.
page(s): 383, 385, 387, 389, 400 [details]   

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Rose Atoll coral data compiled from US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994, Townsend Cromwell 2002, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 10]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]   

additional source Sheppard, C. R. C. (1985). Fringing reefs in the southern region, Jeddah to Jizan. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 37-58
page(s): 45 [details]   

additional source Sheppard, C. R. C.; Sheppard, A. L. S. (1985). The central Red Sea at Yanbu al Sinaiyah. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 17-36
page(s): 30 [details]   

additional source Reimer, J. D.; Takishita, K.; Ono, S.; Maruyama, T.; Tsukahara, J. (2006). Latitudinal and intracolony ITS-rDNA sequence variation in the symbiotic dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) in Zoanthus sansibaricus (Anthozoa:Hexacorallia). Phycological Research, 54, 122-132
page(s): 125 [details]   

additional source Kenyon, J. (2008). Acropora (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) reproductive synchrony and spawning phenology in the Northern Line Islands, central Pacific, as inferred from size classes of developing oocytes. Pacific Science, 62(4): 569-578
page(s): 571, 572, 573, 575, 576 [details]   

additional source Reimer, J. D.; Takishita, K.; Ono, S.; Maruyama, T. (2007). Diversity and evolution in the zoanthid genus Palythoa (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) based on nuclear ITS-rDNA. Coral Reefs, 26, 399-410
page(s): 405 [details]   

additional source Grigg, R. W. (1981). Acropora in Hawaii. Part 2. Zoogeography. Pacific Science, 35(1): 15-24
page(s): 15 [details]   

additional source Tkachenko, K. S.; Wu, B. J.; Fang, L. S.; Fan, T. Y. (2007). Dynamics of a coral reef community after mass mortality of branching Acropora corals and an outbreak of anemones. Marine Biology, 151, 185-194
page(s): 186 [details]   

additional source Santodomingo N, Wallace CC, Johnson KG. (2015). Fossils reveal a high diversity of the staghorn coral genera Acropora and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Neogene of Indonesia. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 175: 677-763., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12295 [details]   

additional source Wallace CC, Bosellini FR. (2015). Acropora (Scleractinia) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Europe: species longevity, origination and turnover following the Eocene–Oligocene transition. <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 13(6): 447-469., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2014.930525 [details]   

additional source Wallace CC. (2008). New species and records from the Eocene of England and France support early diversification of the coral genus Acropora. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 82(2): 313-328., available online at https://doi.org/10.1666/06-091.1 [details]   

additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 26, 63 [details]   

status source ICZN. (1963). Opinion 674: Acropora Oken,1815 (Anthozoa, Madreporaria): validated under the plenary powers. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 20: 329-330. [details]   

status source Boschma H (1961) Acropora Oken, 1815 (Anthozoa, Madreporaria); proposed validation under the plenary powers. Z.N.(S.) 1036. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18: 334-335. [details]   
 
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