Scleractinia name details

Acropora (Acropora) hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834)

1521836  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1521836)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Refertina (Suborder)
  8. Acroporidae (Family)
  9. Acropora (Genus)
  10. Acropora (Acropora) (Subgenus)
  11. Acropora (Acropora) hemprichii (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Heteropora hemprichii Ehrenberg, 1834) 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] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora (Acropora) hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1521836 on 2026-04-30
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original description (of Heteropora hemprichii Ehrenberg, 1834) 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] 

new combination reference 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] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype MTQ G54682, geounit Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MTQ G54871, geounit Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MTQ G55244, geounit Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

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