Astreopora expansa
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Hoeksema, Bert
date: 2026-08-03
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: Astreopora expansa (Brüggemann, 1877)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Astreopora expansa (Brüggemann, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207129 on 2026-08-03
created: 1996-10-25T16:03:33Z
modified: 2022-07-30T20:49:39Z
replaces: 869379
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Astreopora expansa (Brüggemann, 1877)
class: Hexacorallia
family: Acroporidae
genus: Astreopora
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Brüggemann, F. (1877). Notes on the stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. I. Description of two new species of Turbinariidae. II. Remarks on the species of Seriatopora. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 4. 19: 415–421.
name published in year: 1877
order: Scleractinia
parent name usage ID: 204599
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Brüggemann, 1877)
specific epithet: expansa
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted