Acropora samoensis
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Garcia, Maria
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Hoeksema, Bert
date: 2026-08-28
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Acropora samoensis (Brook, 1891)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora samoensis (Brook, 1891). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207055 on 2026-08-28
created: 1998-06-02T14:05:09Z
modified: 2015-11-21T16:35:52Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Acropora samoensis (Brook, 1891)
class: Hexacorallia
family: Acroporidae
genus: Acropora
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Brook G (1891) Descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8: 458-471.
name published in: Veron JEN. (1990). New Scleractinia from Japan and other Indo-West Pacific countries. Galaxea. 9: 95-173.
name published in: Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.
name published in year: 1891
name published in year: 1990
name published in year: 2000
order: Scleractinia
parent name usage ID: 205469
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Brook, 1891)
specific epithet: samoensis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted