WoRMS name details
Madrepora (Eumadrepora) affinis Brook, 1893
1261769 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1261769)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Brook G (1893). The genus Madrepora. Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History) 1: 1-212, pls. 1-35. [details]
Lectotype BMNH 1846.7.30.29, geounit Australian...
Lectotype BMNH 1846.7.30.29, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nomenclature According to the synonymy of Acropora florida (Dana, 1846) given by Wallace (1999: p. 250), the name Madrepora ornata...
Nomenclature According to the synonymy of Acropora florida (Dana, 1846) given by Wallace (1999: p. 250), the name Madrepora ornata Brook, 1891, is a junior homonym of Madrepora ornata DeFrance, 1828. Brook (1893) gave the species a new name (nomen novum), Madrepora affinis Brook, 1893, as replacement. Madrepora affinis is now considered a junior synonym of Acropora florida (Dana, 1846). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Madrepora (Eumadrepora) affinis Brook, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1261769 on 2024-04-26
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original description
Brook G (1893). The genus Madrepora. Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History) 1: 1-212, pls. 1-35. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Lectotype BMNH 1846.7.30.29, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype BMNH 92.10.17.14, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype BMNH 92.10.17.16, geounit Vietnamese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype BMNH 92.6.8.101 [details]
Syntype BMNH 92.6.8.112 [details]
Syntype BMNH 92.6.8.113 [details]
Syntype BMNH 92.6.8.96 [details]
Unknown type BMNH 46.7.30.31, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature According to the synonymy of Acropora florida (Dana, 1846) given by Wallace (1999: p. 250), the name Madrepora ornata Brook, 1891, is a junior homonym of Madrepora ornata DeFrance, 1828. Brook (1893) gave the species a new name (nomen novum), Madrepora affinis Brook, 1893, as replacement. Madrepora affinis is now considered a junior synonym of Acropora florida (Dana, 1846). [details]
