African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Acropora pectinata (Brook, 1892)

AfReMaS taxon details

Acropora pectinata (Brook, 1892)

AphiaID

207068 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207068)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acropora Oken, 1815

Original name

Madrepora pectinata Brook, 1892

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Brook G (1892) Preliminary descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Part II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10: 451-465., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939208677447 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora pectinata (Brook, 1892). 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://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207068 on 2026-07-11

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 pectinata (Brook, 1892). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207068 on 2026-07-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-01-31 16:37:49Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2013-09-22 08:21:59Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-09-28 11:05:38Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2025-08-07 11:50:44Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

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original description (of ) Brook G (1892) Preliminary descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Part II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10: 451-465., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939208677447 [details]

source of synonymy Sheppard CRC. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 307: 1-32., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.307.1 [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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)