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Heteropora Ehrenberg, 1834

739504  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:739504)

 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (homonym, no type designation)
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  1. Species Heteropora abrotanoides (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Acropora abrotanoides (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  2. Species Heteropora appressa Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Acropora muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  3. Species Heteropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  4. Species Heteropora corymbosa (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Acropora microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  5. Species Heteropora flabellum (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  6. Species Heteropora hemprichii Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Acropora hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  7. Species Heteropora microclados Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Acropora microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  8. Species Heteropora millepora Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Acropora millepora (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  9. Species Heteropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  10. Species Heteropora prolifera (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Acropora prolifera (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  11. Species Heteropora seriata Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Acropora seriata (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  12. Species Heteropora squarrosa Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Acropora squarrosa (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  13. Species Heteropora tylostoma Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Acropora horrida (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  14. Species Heteropora decurrens Ehrenberg, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  15. Species Heteropora echidnaea (Lamarck, 1816) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  16. Species Heteropora forskalii Ehrenberg, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  17. Species Heteropora imbricata Ehrenberg, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  18. Species Heteropora laxa Ehrenberg, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  19. Species Heteropora pocillifera (Lamarck, 1816) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  20. Species Heteropora regalis Ehrenberg, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  21. Species Heteropora tubulosa Ehrenberg, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
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Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]   
Status Subgenus name within genus Acropora Oken, 1815 not used since its description; never elevated to genus. It is a junior...  
Status Subgenus name within genus Acropora Oken, 1815 not used since its description; never elevated to genus. It is a junior homonym of Heteropora de Blainville, 1830, which is in Phylum Bryozoa. It was placed on ICZM Official Index of Rejected and Invalid names in 1963, as number 1646. See: Boschma, H. 1961. Acropora Oken, 1815 (Anthozoa, Madreporaria): proposed validation under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18: 334–335 and China, W. E. 1963 Opinion 674 Acropora Oken, 1815 (Anthozoa, Madreporaria) validated under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20: 319-330. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Heteropora Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739504 on 2024-03-19
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2013-09-06 15:51:41Z
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original description Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]   

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

basis of record 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]   
 
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Status Subgenus name within genus Acropora Oken, 1815 not used since its description; never elevated to genus. It is a junior homonym of Heteropora de Blainville, 1830, which is in Phylum Bryozoa. It was placed on ICZM Official Index of Rejected and Invalid names in 1963, as number 1646. See: Boschma, H. 1961. Acropora Oken, 1815 (Anthozoa, Madreporaria): proposed validation under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18: 334–335 and China, W. E. 1963 Opinion 674 Acropora Oken, 1815 (Anthozoa, Madreporaria) validated under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20: 319-330. [details]