WoRMS name details
Acropora (Isopora) Studer, 1879
759904 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:759904)
unaccepted > superseded rank
Subgenus
Astrea palifera Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Isopora palifera (Lamarck, 1816) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Acropora (Isopora) brueggemanni (Brook, 1891) accepted as Isopora brueggemanni (Brook, 1891) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Acropora (Isopora) crateriformis (Gardiner, 1898) accepted as Isopora crateriformis (Gardiner, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Acropora (Isopora) cuneata (Dana, 1846) accepted as Isopora cuneata (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Acropora (Isopora) hispida (Brook, 1891) accepted as Isopora cuneata (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acropora (Isopora) labrosa (Dana, 1846) accepted as Isopora palifera (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acropora (Isopora) nobilis (Dana, 1846) accepted as Acropora robusta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acropora (Isopora) palifera (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Isopora palifera (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Acropora (Isopora) plicata (Brook, 1891) accepted as Isopora cuneata (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acropora (Isopora) securis (Dana, 1846) accepted as Isopora cuneata (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Studer, T. (1879). Zweite Abtheilung der Anthozoa Polyactinia, welche während der Reise A. M. S. Corvette Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 524–550, pls. 1-5. [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora (Isopora) Studer, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759904 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Studer, T. (1879). Zweite Abtheilung der Anthozoa Polyactinia, welche während der Reise A. M. S. Corvette Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 524–550, pls. 1-5. [details]
original description (of Madrepora (Isopora) Studer, 1879) Studer, T. (1879). Zweite Abtheilung der Anthozoa Polyactinia, welche während der Reise A. M. S. Corvette Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 524–550, pls. 1-5. [details]
basis of record Wallace CC. (1999). Staghorn corals of the world: a revision of the coral genus Acropora (Scleractinia; Astrocoeniina; Acroporidae) worldwide, with emphasis on morphology, phylogeny and biogeography. CSIRO, Collingwood (Australia). pp i-xvii, 1-421. [details]
new combination reference Veron JEN, Wallace CC (1984) Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part V. Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series 6: 1–485. [details]
original description (of Madrepora (Isopora) Studer, 1879) Studer, T. (1879). Zweite Abtheilung der Anthozoa Polyactinia, welche während der Reise A. M. S. Corvette Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 524–550, pls. 1-5. [details]
basis of record Wallace CC. (1999). Staghorn corals of the world: a revision of the coral genus Acropora (Scleractinia; Astrocoeniina; Acroporidae) worldwide, with emphasis on morphology, phylogeny and biogeography. CSIRO, Collingwood (Australia). pp i-xvii, 1-421. [details]
new combination reference Veron JEN, Wallace CC (1984) Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part V. Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series 6: 1–485. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Wallace CC, Chen CA, Fukami H, Muir PR. (2007). Recognition of separate genera within Acropora based on new morphological, reproductive and genetic evidence from Acropora togianensis, and elevation of the subgenus Isopora Studer, 1878 to genus (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniidae; Acroporidae). <em>Coral Reefs.</em> 26(2): 231-239., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-007-0203-4 [details]
