WoRMS taxon detailsAcropora anthocercis (Brook, 1893)
207024 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207024)
accepted
Species
Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acropora (Polystachys) anthocercis (Brook, 1893) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora (Polystachys) anthocercis Brook, 1893 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora anthocercis Brook, 1893 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Madrepora coronata Brook, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (homonym)
marine,
(of Madrepora (Polystachys) anthocercis Brook, 1893) Brook G (1893). The genus Madrepora. Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History) 1: 1-212, pls. 1-35. [details]
Description Colonies are thick corymbose plates. Branches are upward-projecting, thick, with several axial corallites which are thick,...
Description Colonies are thick corymbose plates. Branches are upward-projecting, thick, with several axial corallites which are thick, exsert and tapered. Radial corallites have thick walls. Colour: colonies are a mixture of colours: blue, mauve, purple and grey being the most common. Abundance: Usually uncommon except on upper reef slopes exposed to strong wave action (Veron, 1986). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora anthocercis (Brook, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207024 on 2024-11-10
Date action by 2000-09-28 07:24:50Z changed Garcia, Maria
original description
(of Madrepora (Polystachys) anthocercis Brook, 1893) Brook G (1893). The genus Madrepora. Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History) 1: 1-212, pls. 1-35. [details]
original description (of Madrepora coronata Brook, 1892) Brook G (1892) Preliminary descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Part II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10: 451-465. [details] context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [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): 14 [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): 5, 81, 109-110 [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): 27 [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): 25, 58 [details] additional source Boshoff, P.H. (1981). An annotated checklist of Southern Africa Scleractinia. <em>Oceanographic Research Institute Investigational Report, Durban.</em> 49: 1-45. page(s): 10 [details] additional source Fukami H, Niimura A, Nakamori T, Iryu Y. (2021). Species composition and mitochondrial molecular phylogeny of Acropora corals in Funakoshi, Amami-Oshima Island, Japan: A proposal for its new taxonomic grouping. <em>Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies.</em> 23: 17-35. [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): 368-369 [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28043, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28044, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28045, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28046, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28047, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28048, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28049, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28050, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28051, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28052, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28053, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28054, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28055, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28056, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28057, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28058, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28059, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28060, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28061, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28062, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28063, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28064, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28065, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28171, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28172, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28415, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28416, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28417, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28418, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28419, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28420, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28421, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28422, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28423, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28424, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28425, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28426, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28427, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G28428, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G29888, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G29889, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G29890, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G29891, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G29892, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G29893, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G29894, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G29895, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G29896, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G29897, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G30843, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G30844, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G30845, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G30846, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G30847, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G30848, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G30849, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G30850 [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G30851, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G30852, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G34866, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G36129, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G38052, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G45871, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G45872, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G47803, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G48299, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G48700, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G50592, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G50833, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G52255, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G52585, geounit Solomon Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G52633, geounit Thailand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G53461, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G53462, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G53463, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G53464, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G53465, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G53466, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G53467, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G53468, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G55021, geounit Kiribati Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G55022, geounit Kiribati Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G55023, geounit Kiribati Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) anthocercis (Brook, 1893)) MTQ G55232, geounit Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MSI C-876 [details]
Nontype WAM 20-76, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 839-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 876-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Madrepora coronata Brook, 1892) ZMH, geounit Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Biology zooxanthellate [details]Description Colonies are thick corymbose plates. Branches are upward-projecting, thick, with several axial corallites which are thick, exsert and tapered. Radial corallites have thick walls. Colour: colonies are a mixture of colours: blue, mauve, purple and grey being the most common. Abundance: Usually uncommon except on upper reef slopes exposed to strong wave action (Veron, 1986). [details] Spelling Spelled A. anthoceris in Sheppard (1987) and Sheppard (1998). Type locality: Palm Islands, Great Barrier Reef (Veron, 1986). [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Madrepora anthocercis Brook, 1893) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Madrepora coronata Brook, 1892) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acropora anthocercis) To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Madrepora anthocercis Brook, 1893) To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 4 proteins) To IUCN Red List (Endangered) To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 94698 topview) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) To ITIS |
