UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)

URMO taxon details

Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)

AphiaID

206989 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206989)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acropora Oken, 1815

Original name

Madrepora cervicornis Lamarck, 1816

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vert�bres. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdi�re. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206989 on 2025-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206989 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-01-31 16:37:49Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-13 07:19:12Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

changed

van der Land, Jacob

2013-09-02 08:00:17Z

checked

Hoeksema, Bert

2018-08-27 16:36:11Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-05-29 06:08:19Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

[taxonomic tree]

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