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Acropora Oken, 1815

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Oken, L. (1815). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere. Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid. xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=105935
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Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Conocyathus Brook, 1893
Distichocyathus Brook, 1893
Eumadrepora Brook, 1893
Heteropora Ehrenberg, 1834
Lepidocyathus Brook, 1893
Odontocyathus Brook, 1893
Polystachys Brook, 1893
Rhabdocyathus Brook, 1893
Trachylopora Brook, 1893
Tylopora Brook, 1893
Homonyms
Acropora Reuss, 1869
Acropora Krueger, 1823
Acropora Oken, 1815
Common names
Baumkorallen in German
antler coral in English
horn corals in English
staghorn coral in English
ミドリイシ属 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Aphia 2006
  2. Boschma H (1961) Acropora Oken, 1815 (Anthozoa, Madreporaria); proposed validation under the plenary powers. Z.N.(S.) 1036. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18: 334-335.
  3. CoL2006
  4. Dawson EW. (1992). The Coelenterata of the New Zealand region: a handlist for curators, students and ecologists. <em>Occasional papers of the Hutton Foundation, New Zealand.</em> 1: 1-68.
  5. Grigg, R. W. (1981). Acropora in Hawaii. Part 2. Zoogeography. Pacific Science, 35(1): 15-24
  6. Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012).
  7. ICZN. (1963). Opinion 674: Acropora Oken,1815 (Anthozoa, Madreporaria): validated under the plenary powers. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 20: 329-330.
  8. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 674 Acropora Oken, 1815 (Anthozoa, Madreporaria): validated under the Plenary Powers.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20, 329-330 (1963)
  9. 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
  10. Lehrb. Nat., 3 (1)
  11. 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 UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
  12. Neave, S. A. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  13. Neave, S. A. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  14. Oken, Lorenz. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere. <em>[book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid.
  15. Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
  16. Reimer, J. D.; Takishita, K.; Ono, S.; Maruyama, T. (2007). Diversity and evolution in the zoanthid genus Palythoa (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) based on nuclear ITS-rDNA. Coral Reefs, 26, 399-410
  17. Reimer, J. D.; Takishita, K.; Ono, S.; Maruyama, T.; Tsukahara, J. (2006). Latitudinal and intracolony ITS-rDNA sequence variation in the symbiotic dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) in Zoanthus sansibaricus (Anthozoa:Hexacorallia). Phycological Research, 54, 122-132
  18. Riegl, B. (1995). A revision of the hard coral genus Acropora Oken, 1815 (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) in south-east Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 113: 249-288
  19. SN2000/Dunn, 1982
  20. SN2000/Dunn, 1982, PaleoDB
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