WoRMS name details
Acropora polymorpha (Brook, 1891)
207092 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207092)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Madrepora polymorpha 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]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora polymorpha (Brook, 1891). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207092 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Madrepora polymorpha 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 Wijsman-Best M, Faure G, Pichon M. (1980). Contribution to the knowledge of the stony corals from the Seychelles and Eastern Africa. Revue Zoologique Africaine. 3: 600-627, pls. 9-`12. [details]
new combination reference Verrill AE. (1902). Notes on corals of the genus Acropora (Madrepora Lam.) with new descriptions and figures of types, and of several new species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 11: 207-266, pls. 36, 36A-F. [details]
basis of record Wijsman-Best M, Faure G, Pichon M. (1980). Contribution to the knowledge of the stony corals from the Seychelles and Eastern Africa. Revue Zoologique Africaine. 3: 600-627, pls. 9-`12. [details]
new combination reference Verrill AE. (1902). Notes on corals of the genus Acropora (Madrepora Lam.) with new descriptions and figures of types, and of several new species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 11: 207-266, pls. 36, 36A-F. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Nemenzo, F. (1967). Systematic studies on Philippine shallow-water scleractinians. VI Suborder Astrocoeniina (Montipora and Acropora). (Part I - Text; Part II - Plates). Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines. 20: 1-141, 143-223.
page(s): 4, 50, 74-75 [details]
additional source Crossland C (1952) Madreporaria, Hydrocorallinae, Heliopora and Tubipora. Scientific Report Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 VI(3): 85-257.
page(s): 100 [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium. 5: 191-216.
page(s): 200 [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 260(I): 385-486.
page(s): 391, 416, plate 105 [details]
additional source Nemenzo, F. (1967). Systematic studies on Philippine shallow-water scleractinians. VI Suborder Astrocoeniina (Montipora and Acropora). (Part I - Text; Part II - Plates). Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines. 20: 1-141, 143-223.
page(s): 4, 50, 74-75 [details]
additional source Crossland C (1952) Madreporaria, Hydrocorallinae, Heliopora and Tubipora. Scientific Report Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 VI(3): 85-257.
page(s): 100 [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium. 5: 191-216.
page(s): 200 [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 260(I): 385-486.
page(s): 391, 416, plate 105 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- Unreviewed
- India
- Indian Ocean
- Marshall Islands
- Mozambique
- Seychelles
