Scleractinia name details

Acropora (Acropora) prolifera (Lamarck, 1816)

1521846  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1521846)

  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) prolifera (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Madrepora prolifera Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details] OpenAccess publication
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora (Acropora) prolifera (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1521846 on 2026-05-10
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original description (of Madrepora prolifera Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details] OpenAccess publication

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 G33176, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Nontype MTQ G48426, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MTQ G48427, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MTQ G48428, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MTQ G51967, geounit Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MTQ G51968, geounit Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MTQ G51969, geounit Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MTQ G51970, geounit Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MTQ G54473, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MTQ G54474, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MTQ G54499, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MTQ G54500, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

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