African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Acropora capillaris (Klunzinger, 1879)

AfReMaS taxon details

Acropora capillaris (Klunzinger, 1879)

AphiaID

207013 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207013)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acropora Oken, 1815

Original name

Madrepora capillaris Klunzinger, 1879

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Klunzinger CB. (1879). Die Korallthiere des Rothen Meeres, 2. Theil: Die Steinkorallen. Erster Abschnitt: Die Madreporaceen und Oculinaceen. <em>Gutmann, Berlin.</em> pp. 1-88, pls. 1-10. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora capillaris (Klunzinger, 1879). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207013 on 2026-05-08

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Acropora capillaris (Klunzinger, 1879). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207013 on 2026-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-10-31 07:08:08Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2008-10-04 18:36:46Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2014-04-13 09:56:48Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-12-19 10:15:03Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

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original description (of ) Klunzinger CB. (1879). Die Korallthiere des Rothen Meeres, 2. Theil: Die Steinkorallen. Erster Abschnitt: Die Madreporaceen und Oculinaceen. <em>Gutmann, Berlin.</em> pp. 1-88, pls. 1-10. [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Scheer, G. & Pillai, C.S.G. 1983. Report on the stony corals from the Red Sea. Zoologica, Stuttgart 45 (133): 1-198, pls. 1-41. [details]

additional source Veron JEN, Wallace CC (1984) Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part V. Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series 6: 1–485. [details] Available for editors

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, 68-69, 111 [details]

additional source Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 81682 topview)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 81682 topview)

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