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Acropora digitifera (Dana, 1846)

Dataset
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Verrill AE. (1902). Notes on corals of the genus Acropora (Madrepora Lam.) with new descriptions and figures of types, and of several new species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 11: 207–266, pls. 36, 36A–F. https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=302148
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Cnidaria
class
Anthozoa
order
Scleractinia
family
Acroporidae
genus
Acropora
species
Acropora digitifera

Name

Synonyms
Acropora baeodactyla (Brook, 1892)
Acropora brevicollis (Brook, 1892)
Acropora digitifera (Dana, 1846)
Acropora humilis digitifera (Dana, 1846)
Acropora leptocyathus (Brook, 1891)
Acropora leptocyathus (Brook, 1891)
Acropora pyramidalis (Klunzinger, 1879)
Acropora schmitti Wells, 1950
Acropora wardii Verrill, 1902
Acropora wardii Verrill, 1902
Madrepora baeodactyla Brook, 1892
Madrepora baeodactyla Brook, 1892
Madrepora brevicollis Brook, 1892
Madrepora brevicollis Brook, 1892
Madrepora brevicollis var. pustulifera Brook, 1893
Madrepora brevicollis var. pustulifera Brook, 1893
Madrepora digitifera Dana, 1846
Madrepora digitifera Dana, 1846
Madrepora leptocyathus Brook, 1891
Madrepora leptocyathus Brook, 1891
Homonyms
Acropora digitifera (Dana, 1846)
Acropora digitifera (Dana, 1846)
Common names
コユビミドリイシ in Japanese
コユビミドリイシ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Cairns SD, Hoeksema BW, van der Land J. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
  2. Cairns SD, Hoeksema BW, van der Land J. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms.
  3. Cairns, Stephen D., 1999: Species richness of recent Scleractinia. Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 59. 1-46.
  4. Crossland C (1952) Madreporaria, Hydrocorallinae, Heliopora and Tubipora. Scientific Report Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 VI(3): 85-257.
  5. Kenyon, J. (2008). Acropora (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) reproductive synchrony and spawning phenology in the Northern Line Islands, central Pacific, as inferred from size classes of developing oocytes. Pacific Science, 62(4): 569-578
  6. Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
  7. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  8. Maragos, J. E. (2004). Baker Island coral data [Table unnumbered]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
  9. Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Rose Atoll coral data compiled from US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994, Townsend Cromwell 2002, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 10]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
  10. Maragos, J. E.; Molina, M.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Palmyra Atoll coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2002, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2000-2001, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 8]. UNPUBLISHED, UNPUBLISHED
  11. Maragos, J. E.; Schmerfeld, J. (2004). Coral survey from Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge, 1998-2004 [Table 3]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
  12. McFadden, C. S.; Aydin, K. Y. (1996). Spatial autocorrelation analysis of small-scale genetic structure in a clonal soft coral with limited larval dispersal. Marine Biology, 126, 215-224
  13. Nemenzo, F. (1967). Systematic studies on Philippine shallow-water scleractinians. VI Suborder Astrocoeniina (Montipora and Acropora). (Part I - Text; Part II - Plates). <em>Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines.</em> 20: 1-141, 143-223.
  14. Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
  15. Pillai CSG, Scheer G (1976) Report on the stony corals from the Maldive Archipelago. Results of the Xarifa Expedition 1957/58. Zoologica, Stuttgart 43 (126): 1-83, pls. 1-32.
  16. Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216.
  17. 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.
  18. Sheppard, C. R. C. (1985). Fringing reefs in the southern region, Jeddah to Jizan. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 37-58
  19. Sheppard, C. R. C.; Sheppard, A. L. S. (1985). The central Red Sea at Yanbu al Sinaiyah. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 17-36
  20. Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136. 10.5962/bhl.title.60555
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