WoRMS taxon details

Acropora mossambica Riegl, 1995

206988  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206988)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Riegl, B. (1995). Description of four new species in the hard coral genus Acropora Oken, 1815 (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) from south-east Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 113: 229-247. [details]   
Note Xai Xai, Mozambique  
From other sources
Type locality Xai Xai, Mozambique [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora mossambica Riegl, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206988 on 2024-03-19
Date
action
by
1998-06-02 12:05:09Z
created
1998-09-22 10:53:32Z
changed
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
changed
2013-09-23 07:05:53Z
changed

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original description Riegl, B. (1995). Description of four new species in the hard coral genus Acropora Oken, 1815 (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) from south-east Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 113: 229-247. [details]   

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 15 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Wallace CC, Done BJ, Muir PR (2012) Revision and catalogue of worldwide staghorn corals Acropora and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Museum of Tropical Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 57: 1-255. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Biology zooxanthellate [details]

Type locality Xai Xai, Mozambique [details]