Scleractinia taxon details
Acropora tenella (Brook, 1892)
288254 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288254)
accepted
Species
Acropora (Acropora) tenella (Brook, 1892) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora (Distichocyathus) tenella Brook, 1892 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora tenella Brook, 1892 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Madrepora tenella 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]
Lectotype (of Madrepora tenella Brook, 1892) NHMUK...
Lectotype (of Madrepora tenella Brook, 1892) NHMUK 1892.10.17.203, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora tenella (Brook, 1892). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288254 on 2024-09-09
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(of Madrepora tenella 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 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
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 Nemenzo F, CJ Ferraris (1982) Some scleractinian corals from the reefs of Cebu and Mactan Islands. Kalikasan: The Philippine Journal of Biology 11: 111-135.
page(s): 113, 117 [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, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume I: Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 1, pp. 463.
page(s): 285 [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): 391, 431, Pl. 139 [details]
additional source Wallace, C. C. (1994). New Species and a New Species-group of the Coral Genus Acropora (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) from Indo-Pacific Locations. Invertebr. Taxon., 8: 961-88. [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): 16 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record 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
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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 Nemenzo F, CJ Ferraris (1982) Some scleractinian corals from the reefs of Cebu and Mactan Islands. Kalikasan: The Philippine Journal of Biology 11: 111-135.
page(s): 113, 117 [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, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume I: Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 1, pp. 463.
page(s): 285 [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): 391, 431, Pl. 139 [details]
additional source Wallace, C. C. (1994). New Species and a New Species-group of the Coral Genus Acropora (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) from Indo-Pacific Locations. Invertebr. Taxon., 8: 961-88. [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): 16 [details]
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Lectotype (of Madrepora tenella Brook, 1892) NHMUK 1892.10.17.203, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) tenella (Brook, 1892)) MTQ G39798, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) tenella (Brook, 1892)) MTQ G53257, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MSI 316-CC [details]
From other sources
Biology zooxanthellate [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Madrepora tenella Brook, 1892)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acropora tenella)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Madrepora tenella Brook, 1892)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Madrepora tenella Brook, 1892)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acropora tenella)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Madrepora tenella Brook, 1892)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records)
To ITIS