Acropora spicifera (Dana, 1846)

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Dana, J.D. 1846. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Zoophytes 7: 1-740. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Cnidaria

class

Anthozoa

order

Scleractinia

family

Acroporidae

genus

Acropora

species

Acropora spicifera

Name

Synonyms

Madrepora spicifera Dana, 1846

Madrepora spicifera var. abbreviata Dana, 1846

Madrepora spicifera var. eucladia Dana, 1846

Madrepora spicifera var. sinensis Brook, 1893

Homonyms

Acropora spicifera (Dana, 1846)

Common names

クシハダミドリイシ in Japanese

クシハダミドリイシ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

1. Cairns SD, Hoeksema BW, van der Land J. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms.
2. Cairns, Stephen D., 1999: Species richness of recent Scleractinia. Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 59. 1-46.
3. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (2009 onwards) Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
4. Lemmens, J. W. T. J. (1993). Reef-building corals (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) from the Watamu Marine National Reserve, Kenya; an annotated species list. <em>Zoologische mededelingen.</em> 67: 453-465.
5. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
6. 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.
7. 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.