WoRMS taxon details
Acropora samoensis (Brook, 1891)
207055 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207055)
accepted
Species
Acropora torresiana Veron, 2000 (Synonymy)
Acropora wallacea Veron, 1990 (synonymy)
Madrepora samoensis Brook, 1891 (original combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Madrepora samoensis Brook, 1891) Brook G (1891) Descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8: 458-471. [details]
Type locality contained in Samoan Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Samoa (Veron, 1986).
type locality contained in Samoan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Type locality Samoa (Veron, 1986). [details]
Description Colonies are corymbose or prostrate, branches are terete. Radial corallites are of two sized, thick-walled. Axial...
Description Colonies are corymbose or prostrate, branches are terete. Radial corallites are of two sized, thick-walled. Axial corallites are larger, with very thick walls. Colour: usually purple or cream. Abundance: uncommon, usually found only on upper reef slopes (Veron, 1986). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2021). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora samoensis (Brook, 1891). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207055 on 2021-04-16
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2000-09-28 07:24:50Z
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Garcia, Maria
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original description
(of Acropora torresiana Veron, 2000) Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
original description (of Acropora wallacea Veron, 1990) Veron JEN. (1990). New Scleractinia from Japan and other Indo-West Pacific countries. <em>Galaxea.</em> 9: 95-173. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Madrepora samoensis Brook, 1891) Brook G (1891) Descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8: 458-471. [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source 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. [details]
additional source Cairns SD, Hoeksema BW, van der Land J. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Santodomingo N, Wallace CC, Johnson KG. (2015). Fossils reveal a high diversity of the staghorn coral genera Acropora and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Neogene of Indonesia. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 175: 677-763., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12295 [details]
original description (of Acropora wallacea Veron, 1990) Veron JEN. (1990). New Scleractinia from Japan and other Indo-West Pacific countries. <em>Galaxea.</em> 9: 95-173. [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Madrepora samoensis Brook, 1891) Brook G (1891) Descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8: 458-471. [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source 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. [details]
additional source Cairns SD, Hoeksema BW, van der Land J. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Santodomingo N, Wallace CC, Johnson KG. (2015). Fossils reveal a high diversity of the staghorn coral genera Acropora and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Neogene of Indonesia. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 175: 677-763., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12295 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Biology zooxanthellate [details]Description Colonies are corymbose or prostrate, branches are terete. Radial corallites are of two sized, thick-walled. Axial corallites are larger, with very thick walls. Colour: usually purple or cream. Abundance: uncommon, usually found only on upper reef slopes (Veron, 1986). [details]
Type locality Samoa (Veron, 1986). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | サモアミドリイシウォーレスミドリイシ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Acropora wallacea Veron, 1990)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Acropora torresiana Veron, 2000)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Madrepora samoensis Brook, 1891)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Acropora torresiana Veron, 2000)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (47 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Acropora torresiana Veron, 2000)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Madrepora samoensis Brook, 1891)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Acropora torresiana Veron, 2000)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (47 records)
To ITIS
