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WoRMS taxon detailsAcropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)
206989 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206989)
accepted
Species
Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acropora attenuata (Brook, 1893) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora muricata var. cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Heteropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Isopora muricata f. cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora (Eumadrepora) attenuata Brook, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. cervicornis Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora attenuata Brook, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora cervicornis Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Madrepora muricata f. cervicornis Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine,
(of Madrepora cervicornis Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]
Lectotype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) attenuata Brook,...
Lectotype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) attenuata Brook, 1893) BMNH 1843.2.10.71, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Description Also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958).
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958).
Description Also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958). Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206989 on 2025-04-25
Date action by 2000-09-13 07:19:12Z changed Garcia, Maria
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Madrepora cervicornis Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details] original description (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) attenuata 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] Othercontext source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Britton, J.C. & B. Morton, 1989. Shore ecology of the Gulf of Mexico : i-viii, 1-387. page(s): 276, 344 [details] additional source Guzman, H.M., 1998. Diversity of stony, soft and black corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia, Gorgonacea, Antipatharia; Hydrozoa: Milleporina) at Cayos Cochinos, Bay Islands, Honduras. Rev. Biol. Trop. 46 Suppl. 4: 75-80. page(s): 77 [details] additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46. page(s): 14 [details] additional source Karlson, R. H. 1980. Alternative competitive strategies in a periodically disturbed habitat. Bulletin of Marine Science 30(4): 894-890. page(s): 896 [details] additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Cairns, S.D., W.C. Jaap & J.C. Lang. (2009). Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder DL. Camp DK (eds.) Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 333–347. [details] Available for editors  [request]additional source Wallace CC, Done BJ, Muir PR (2012) Revision and catalogue of worldwide staghorn corals Acropora and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Museum of Tropical Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 57: 1-255. [details] additional source Zlatarski VN, Martinez Estalella N. (1982). Les Scléractiniaires de Cuba avec des données sur les organismes associés. <em>Editions l'Académie bulgare des Sciences, Sofia.</em> 472 pp. [details] additional source Cortès, J., Guzmán, H. (1985). Organismos de los arrecifes coralinos de Costa Rica III. Descripcion y distribucion geografica de corales escleractinios (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia) de la Costa Caribe. <em>Brenesia.</em> 24: 63-123. [details] additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216. page(s): 198 [details] additional source Reyes J, Santodomingo N, Flórez P. (2010). Corales Escleractinios de Colombia. <em>Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, Colombia.</em> pp 1-246. [details] additional source Boshoff, P.H. (1981). An annotated checklist of Southern Africa Scleractinia. <em>Oceanographic Research Institute Investigational Report, Durban.</em> 49: 1-45. page(s): 11 [details] additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1980). Caribbean Shallow Water Corallimorpharia. Zoologische Verhandelingen, (176): 83 pp. page(s): 68, 70 [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): 206-207 [details] additional source Zlatarski, V. N.; Estalella, N. M. (1980). Scleractinia of Cuba with data on the constituent organisms [in Bulgarian]. Bulgarian Academy of Science. Sophia., pp. 312. page(s): 25, 26, 30-34, 35, 39, 192-196, 199-201, 203-213, 215, 217-231, 233-235, 237, 240, 241, 243-248, 250, 296, 299 [details] additional source Cairns, S.D. (1982). Stony corals (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa, Scleractinia) of Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. <em>Smithsonian Contribution to the Marine Sciences.</em> 12:271-302. page(s): 272, 276-277, Plate 2, Figure 121d [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Miller, A. C. (1981). Cnidarian prey of the snails Coralliophila abbreviata and C. caribaea (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Discovery Bay, Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science, 31(4): 932-934 page(s): 933, 934 [details] additional source Laborel, J. (1970). Les peuplements de madréporaires des côtes tropicales du Brésil. Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan, 2, E, (3): 7-261 page(s): 182 [details] additional source Wilson, J. B. (1979). 'Patch' development of the deep-water coral Lophelia pertusa (L.) on Rockall Bank. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 59, 165-177 page(s): 174 [details] additional source Lasker, H. R. (1983). Vegetative reproduction in the octocoral Briareum asbestinum (Pallas). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 72, 157-169 page(s): 157, 161, 163 [details] additional source Lasker, H. R.; Coffroth, M. (1983). Octocoral distributions at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 13, 21-28 page(s): 22 [details] additional source Fautin, D. G. (1997). Cnidarian reproduction: assumptions and their implications. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, 151-162 page(s): 156 [details] additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295. page(s): 293 [details] additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113 page(s): 61, 69, 111 [details] additional source Palincsar, E. E.; Jones, W. R.; Palincsar, J. S.; Glogowski, M. A.; Mastro, J. L. (1989). Bacterial aggregates within the epidermis of the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida. Biological Bulletin, 177, 130-140 page(s): 130 [details] additional source Almy CC, Carrión-Torres C. (1963). Shallow water stony corals of Puerto Rico. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 3: 269-279. [details] additional source Sánchez M, Armando J. (1995). Benthic communities and geomorphology of the Tesoro Island coral reef, Colombian Caribbean. <em>Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras-INVEMAR,.</em> 24(1):.55-77. [details] additional source Zlatarski V. (1972). Sobre la fauna coralina de Cuba. <em>Circulares del Museo y Biblioteca de Zoologia de la Habana.</em> 13(351): 1501-1507. [details] additional source Kitchen, S. A.; Von Kuster, G.; Kuntz, K. L. V.; Reich, H. G.; Miller, W.; Griffin, S.; Fogarty, N. D.; Baums, I. B. (2020). STAGdb: a 30K SNP genotyping array and Science Gateway for Acropora corals and their dinoflagellate symbionts. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 10: 12488., available online at http://, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69101-z [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) attenuata Brook, 1893) BMNH 1843.2.10.71, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G33177, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G33178, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G36774, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G36775, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G36776, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G36777, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G36778, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G36779, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G36780, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G36781, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G36782, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G36796, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G40919, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G40920, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G48425, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G51799, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G51960, geounit Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G51961, geounit Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G51962, geounit Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G51963, geounit Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G51964, geounit Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54476, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54478, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54479, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54480, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54481, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54482, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54483, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54484, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54485, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54486, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54487, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54488, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)) MTQ G54489, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. cervicornis Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 80.11.25.17, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. cervicornis Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 86.12.9.282, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. cervicornis Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 91.1.20.1, geounit Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. cervicornis Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 91.1.20.2, geounit Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. cervicornis Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 92.6.8.210, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. cervicornis Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 92.6.8.212, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. cervicornis Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 92.6.8.214, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) muricata f. cervicornis Lamarck, 1816) BMNH 93.4.7.25, geounit Saint Kitts and Nevis Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR I/383/E3 [details]
Nontype NMSR K 61 [details]
Unknown type (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) attenuata Brook, 1893) BMNH 43.2.10.70, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) attenuata Brook, 1893) BMNH 43.2.10.72, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) attenuata Brook, 1893) BMNH 43.2.10.73, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) attenuata Brook, 1893) BMNH 43.2.10.74, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) attenuata Brook, 1893) BMNH 93.4.7.142, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) attenuata Brook, 1893) BMNH 93.4.7.143, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) attenuata Brook, 1893) BMNH 93.4.7.144, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) attenuata Brook, 1893) BMNH 93.4.7.145, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Madrepora (Eumadrepora) attenuata Brook, 1893) BMNH 93.4.7.146, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Madrepora cervicornis Lamarck, 1816) MRSN 412, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Biology zooxanthellate [details]Description Also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958). Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Madrepora attenuata Brook, 1893) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Acropora attenuata (Brook, 1893)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (91 publications) (from synonym Madrepora cervicornis Lamarck, 1816) To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Blue-green Chromis) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acropora cervicornis) To GenBank (110996 nucleotides; 28489 proteins) To GenBank (110996 nucleotides; 28489 proteins) (from synonym Madrepora cervicornis Lamarck, 1816) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered) To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE11575513fragmentssideview) To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE1174877wholecolonysideview) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (599 records) To ITIS |
