WoRMS taxon details

Acropora monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)

207103  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207103)

accepted
Species
Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora (Lepidocyathus) monticulosa Brüggemann, 1879 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora monticulosa Brüggemann, 1879 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Madrepora monticulosa Brüggemann, 1879) Brüggemann, F. (1879). Corals. In: Zoology of Rodriguez. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences.</em> 168: 569-579. [details]   
Type locality contained in Rodrigues  
type locality contained in Rodrigues [details]
Note Rodriguez (Veron, 1986).  
From other sources
Type locality Rodriguez (Veron, 1986). [details]
Description Colonies are corymbose to digitate, branches are thick, tapering to a small axial corallite. Radial corallites are uniform...  
Description Colonies are corymbose to digitate, branches are thick, tapering to a small axial corallite. Radial corallites are uniform in size, usually arranged in rows. Colour: Blue or cream, usually with pale branch tips of various colours. Abundance: seldom abundant. May form large colonies on upper reef slopes (Veron, 1986). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207103 on 2024-03-19
Date
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1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
created
2000-09-28 07:24:50Z
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Garcia, Maria
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
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2013-09-08 13:36:39Z
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2015-11-21 15:35:52Z
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2022-05-17 20:14:39Z
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original description  (of Madrepora monticulosa Brüggemann, 1879) Brüggemann, F. (1879). Corals. In: Zoology of Rodriguez. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences.</em> 168: 569-579. [details]   

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

basis of record 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 [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  PDF available [request] 

additional source Veron JEN. (2002). New species described in Corals of the World. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 11: 1-209.
page(s): 53, 55 [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 Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
page(s): 28 [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]   

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, 49 [details]   

additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216.
page(s): 199 [details]   

additional source Randall RH, Myers RF. (1983). The corals. Guide to the Coastal Resources of Guam: Vol. 2. <em>University of Guam Press, Guam, pp. 128.</em>  [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): 320-321 [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 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]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype (of Madrepora (Lepidocyathus) monticulosa Brüggemann, 1879) BMNH 92.6.8.49, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G27383, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G27384, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G27385, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G27386, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G27387, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G27388, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G27389, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G27391, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G27392, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G27393, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G27394, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G27395, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G27396, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G27397, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G27398, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G27399, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G27400, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G33003, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G33004, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G33465, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G33515, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G34173, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G34818 [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G34879, geounit American Samoa Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G35546, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G35547, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G35548, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G35699, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G35751, geounit Pitcairn Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G35849, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G35857, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G35909, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G35927, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G35946, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G36104, geounit Niue Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G36106, geounit Niue Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G36111, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G36114, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G39524, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G39525, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G39529, geounit Niue Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G40738, geounit Guam Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G40739, geounit Guam Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G40741, geounit Guam Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G41168, geounit Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G47308, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G47309, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G47310, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G47311, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G47312, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G47313, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G47314, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G47315, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G47316, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G47786, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G47908, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G49010, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G49039, geounit Pitcairn Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G49045, geounit Guam Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G49046, geounit Guam Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G51300, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G51580, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G51581, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G51582, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G51847, geounit Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G53630, geounit Guam Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G54679, geounit Niue Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G54690, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) monticulosa (Brüggemann, 1879)) MTQ G54691, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 8983, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Biology zooxanthellate [details]

Description Colonies are corymbose to digitate, branches are thick, tapering to a small axial corallite. Radial corallites are uniform in size, usually arranged in rows. Colour: Blue or cream, usually with pale branch tips of various colours. Abundance: seldom abundant. May form large colonies on upper reef slopes (Veron, 1986). [details]

Type locality Rodriguez (Veron, 1986). [details]
LanguageName 
Japanese サンカクミドリイシ  [details]