Marine Species Traits - Acropora flabelliformis (Milne Edwards, 1860)

Traits taxon details

Acropora flabelliformis (Milne Edwards, 1860)

AphiaID

207047 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207047)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acropora Oken, 1815

Original name

Madrepora flabelliformis Milne Edwards, 1860

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora flabelliformis (Milne Edwards, 1860). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207047 on 2026-06-09

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Acropora flabelliformis (Milne Edwards, 1860). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207047 on 2026-06-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2014-07-25 06:54:44Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-08-11 16:37:21Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2025-08-07 11:50:44Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

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original description (of ) Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source 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 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

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