WoRMS taxon details
Acropora nana (Studer, 1879)
207100 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207100)
accepted
Species
Acropora (Acropora) azurea Veron & Wallace, 1984 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acropora azurea Veron & Wallace, 1984 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora (Polystachys) nana Studer, 1879 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora nana Studer, 1879 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Madrepora nana Studer, 1879) Studer, T. (1879). Zweite Abtheilung der Anthozoa Polyactinia, welche während der Reise A. M. S. Corvette Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 524–550, pls. 1-5. [details] 
Holotype (of Madrepora nana Studer, 1879) MNB 1941,...
, Note Fiji (Veron, 1986).
Holotype (of Madrepora nana Studer, 1879) MNB 1941, geounit Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Fiji (Veron, 1986). [details]
Description Colonies consist of compact thickets of long, terete, straight branches radiating from a solid base. Radial corallites are...
Description Colonies consist of compact thickets of long, terete, straight branches radiating from a solid base. Radial corallites are appressed. Colour: cream, blue or pink, usually with pale branch tips. Abundance: uncommon, found only where currents or wave actions are strong (Veron, 1986). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora nana (Studer, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207100 on 2025-07-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Madrepora nana Studer, 1879) Studer, T. (1879). Zweite Abtheilung der Anthozoa Polyactinia, welche während der Reise A. M. S. Corvette Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 524–550, pls. 1-5. [details]
original description (of Acropora (Acropora) azurea Veron & Wallace, 1984) Veron JEN, Wallace CC (1984) Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part V. Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series 6: 1–485. [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
original description (of Acropora (Acropora) azurea Veron & Wallace, 1984) Veron JEN, Wallace CC (1984) Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part V. Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series 6: 1–485. [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
Other
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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Nemenzo, F. (1967). Systematic studies on Philippine shallow-water scleractinians. VI Suborder Astrocoeniina (Montipora and Acropora). (Part I - Text; Part II - Plates). <em>Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines.</em> 20: 1-141, 143-223.
page(s): 4, 78, 85 [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]
additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 26, 58 [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume I: Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 1, pp. 463.
page(s): 354 [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Molina, M.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Palmyra Atoll coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2002, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2000-2001, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 8]. UNPUBLISHED, UNPUBLISHED [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Schmerfeld, J. (2004). Coral survey from Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge, 1998-2004 [Table 3]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]
additional source 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
page(s): 1 [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E. (2004). Baker Island coral data [Table unnumbered]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). <em>U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260(I): 385-486.
page(s): 390 [details]
additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 61, 72, 112 [details]
additional source Wallace, C. C.; Fellegara, I.; Muir, P. R.; Harrison, P. L. (2009). The scleractinian corals of Moreton Bay, eastern Australia: high latitude, marginal assemblages with increasing species richness. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 54, 2
page(s): 7 [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nemenzo, F. (1967). Systematic studies on Philippine shallow-water scleractinians. VI Suborder Astrocoeniina (Montipora and Acropora). (Part I - Text; Part II - Plates). <em>Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines.</em> 20: 1-141, 143-223.
page(s): 4, 78, 85 [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]
additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 26, 58 [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume I: Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 1, pp. 463.
page(s): 354 [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Molina, M.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Palmyra Atoll coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2002, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2000-2001, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 8]. UNPUBLISHED, UNPUBLISHED [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Schmerfeld, J. (2004). Coral survey from Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge, 1998-2004 [Table 3]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]
additional source 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
page(s): 1 [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E. (2004). Baker Island coral data [Table unnumbered]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). <em>U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260(I): 385-486.
page(s): 390 [details]
additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 61, 72, 112 [details]
additional source Wallace, C. C.; Fellegara, I.; Muir, P. R.; Harrison, P. L. (2009). The scleractinian corals of Moreton Bay, eastern Australia: high latitude, marginal assemblages with increasing species richness. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 54, 2
page(s): 7 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Madrepora nana Studer, 1879) MNB 1941, geounit Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G30673, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G30674, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G30675, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G30676, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G30677, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G30678, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G30680, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G30681, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G30682, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G30683, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G30684, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G30685, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G30686, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G30687, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G30688, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G30689, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G30690, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G32828, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G33166, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G33167, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G33168, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G33169, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G33170, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G33171, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G35609, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G35996, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G36013, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G36014, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G36637, geounit American Samoa Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G40846, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G40847, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G40947, geounit Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G41695, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G43587, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G45829, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G47565, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G47566, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G47567, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G47568, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G47569, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G47570, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G47571, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G47572, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G47573, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G47574, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G48399, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G49913, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G49914, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G50513, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G51070, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G53560, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G53590, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G53613, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G53614, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G53615, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G53671, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G53892, geounit Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G54135, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G54136, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G54137, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G54138, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) nana (Studer, 1879)) MTQ G54139, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MSI C-1104, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 8504, geounit Eritrean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 8975, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR K 57 [details]
Nontype WAM 305-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 714-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype WAM 842-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Biology zooxanthellate [details]Description Colonies consist of compact thickets of long, terete, straight branches radiating from a solid base. Radial corallites are appressed. Colour: cream, blue or pink, usually with pale branch tips. Abundance: uncommon, found only where currents or wave actions are strong (Veron, 1986). [details]
Type locality Fiji (Veron, 1986). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | sky blue coral [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Himmelblaue Geweihkoralle [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | スゲミドリイシ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Acropora azurea Veron & Wallace, 1984)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acropora nana)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 39 proteins) (from synonym Acropora azurea Veron & Wallace, 1984)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Acropora azurea Veron & Wallace, 1984)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acropora nana)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 39 proteins) (from synonym Acropora azurea Veron & Wallace, 1984)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records)
To ITIS
