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Acroporidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Discussion

Non the homonym bryozoan family Acroporidae Canu 1913, now replaced by Porinidae.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Acroporidae Verrill
1997Acroporidae Turnsek
2006Acroporidae Baron-Szabo p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Acroporidae Verrill 1902
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G. Acropora Oken 1815
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Acropora abrotanoides Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Acropora danai Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 [synonym], Acropora irregularis Brook 1892 [synonym], Acropora mangarevensis Vaughan 1906 [synonym], Acropora tutuilensis Hoffmeister 1925 [synonym], Madrepora crassa Milne Edwards 1860 [synonym]
Acropora acuminata Verrill 1864
Acropora alvarezi Wallace 2008
Acropora anglica Duncan 1866
Acropora aspera Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora hebes Dana 1846 [synonym]
Acropora austera Dana 1846
Acropora bancellsae Álvarez-Pérez 1997
Acropora bartonensis Wallace 2008
Acropora bonellii Sismonda 1871
Acropora borneoensis Felix 1921
Acropora branchi Riegl 1995
Acropora britannica Wallace 2008
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816
Acropora clathrata Brook 1891
Acropora darrellae Santodomingo 2014
Acropora deformis Michelin 1840
Acropora derawanensis Wallace 1997
Acropora donei Veron and Wallace 1984
Acropora duncani Reuss 1867
Acropora elegans Milne Edwards 1860
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Invalid names: Acropora magnifica Nemenzo 1971 [synonym]
Acropora elenae Santodomingo 2014
Acropora emanuelae Santodomingo 2014
Acropora exarata Michelotti 1838
Acropora fastigata Nememzo 1967
Acropora fennemai Gerth 1921
Acropora filiformis Veron 2000
Acropora florida Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora multiramosa Nemenzo 1967 [synonym], Madrepora affinis Brook 1893 [synonym], Madrepora brachyclados Ortmann 1888 [synonym], Madrepora compressa Bassett-Smith 1890 [synonym], Madrepora gravida Dana 1846 [synonym], Madrepora polymorpha Brook 1891 [synonym]
Acropora gemmifera Brook 1892
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Invalid names: Acropora scherzeriana Brüggemann 1877 [synonym]
Acropora glauca Brook 1893
Acropora grandis Brook 1892
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Invalid names: Acropora dispar Nemenzo 1967 [synonym]
Acropora haidingeri Reuss 1864
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Invalid names: Acropora pseudolavandulina Chevalier 1956 [synonym]
Acropora halmaherae Wallace and Wolstenholme 1998
Acropora hasibuani Santodomingo 2014
Acropora hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834
Acropora hoeksemai Wallace 1997
Acropora horrida Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora sekiseiensis Veron 1990 [synonym], Madrepora angulata Quelch 1886 [synonym], Madrepora inermis Brook 1981 [synonym]
Acropora humilis Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora surculosa Dana 1846 [synonym]
Acropora indonesia Wallace 1997
Acropora kirstyae Veron and Wallace 1984
Acropora kosurini Wallace 1994
Acropora lamarcki Veron 2000
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Invalid names: Acropora corymbosa Lamarck 1816 [synonym]
Acropora lavandulina Michelin 1840
Acropora listeri Brook 1893
Acropora longicyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860
Acropora lovelli Veron and Wallace 1984
Acropora lutkeni Crossland 1952
Acropora millepora Ehrenberg 1834
Acropora minuta Veron 2000
Acropora monticulosa Brüggemann 1879
Acropora muricata Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Acropora formosa Dana 1846 [synonym]
Acropora nasuta Dana 1846
Acropora nobilis Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora eminens Marenzeller 1906 [synonym]
Acropora ornata Defrance 1828
Acropora pachymorpha Chevalier 1956
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816
Acropora palmerae Wells 1954
Acropora panamensis Vaughan 1919
Acropora papillare Latypov 1992
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Invalid names: Acropora indiana Wallace 1994 [synonym]
Acropora pharaonis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860
Acropora pichoni Wallace 1999
Acropora piedmontensis Wallace and Bosellini 2014
Acropora pinguis Wells 1950
Acropora polystoma Brook 1891
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Invalid names: Acropora massawensis Marenzeller 1906 [synonym]
Acropora prolifera Pallas 1766
Acropora proteacea Wallace 2008
Acropora pulchra Brook 1891
Acropora ramosi Alvarez et al. 1989
Acropora renemai Santodomingo 2014
Acropora robusta Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Madrepora smithi Brook 1893 [synonym]
Acropora roemeri Duncan 1866
Acropora roseni Wallace 1999
Acropora rudis Rehberg 1892
Acropora russelli Wallace 1994
Acropora saludensis Vaughan 1919
Acropora salundensis Vaughan 1919
Acropora samoensis Brook 1891
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Invalid names: Acropora wallaceae Veron 1990 [synonym]
Acropora schmitti Wells 1950
Acropora secale Studer 1878
Acropora selago Studer 1878
Acropora slovenica Wallace and Bosellini 2014
Acropora solanderi Defrance 1828
Acropora solitaryensis Veron and Wallace 1984
Acropora squarrosa Ehrenberg 1834
Acropora stoddarti Pillai and Scheer 1976
Acropora tampaensis Weisbord 1973
Acropora tenella Brook 1892
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Invalid names: Acropora eibli Pillai and Scheer 1973 [synonym]
Acropora tenuis Dana 1846
Acropora teres Verrill 1866
Acropora tergestina Oppenheim 1901
Acropora tortuosa Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Madrepora implicata Dana 1846 [synonym]
Acropora tumida Verrill 1866
Acropora valenciennesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860
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Invalid names: Acropora splendida Nemenzo 1967 [synonym]
Acropora valida Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora dissimilis Verrill 1902 [synonym], Acropora variabilis Klunzinger 1879 [synonym]
Acropora variolosa Klunzinger 1879
Acropora vaughani Wells 1954
Acropora wilsonae Wallace 2008
Acropora yongei Veron and Wallace 1984
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Invalid names: Acropora haimei Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 [synonym]
G. Alveopora Blainville 1830
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Alveopora allingi Hoffmeister 1925
Alveopora atarensis Altuna et al. 2007
Alveopora chiapanecae Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
Alveopora daedalea Forskal 1775
Alveopora daedalea minor Duncan 1863
Alveopora daxensis Chevalier 1961
Alveopora deningeri Gerth 1910
Alveopora fenestrata Lamarck 1816
Alveopora japonica Eguchi 1968
Alveopora jessicae Bromfield 2013
Alveopora micropora Felix 1921
Alveopora oliveri Bromfield 2013
Alveopora polyacantha Reuss 1867
Alveopora rudis Reuss 1864
Alveopora somaliensis Azzaroli 1958
Alveopora tampae Weisbord 1973
G. Anacropora Ridley 1884
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Anacropora forbesi Ridley 1884
Anacropora matthai Pillai 1973
Anacropora pillai Veron 2000
Anacropora reticulata Veron and Wallace 1984
Anacropora spinosa Rehberg 1892
Anacropora spumosa Veron 2000
G. Astreopora Blainville 1830
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Subg. †Astreopora (Astreopora) deBlainville 1830
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Astreopora (Astreopora) esperanzae Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
Astreopora (Astreopora) spinulosum Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
Astreopora annulata d'Achiardi 1875
Astreopora antiguensis Vaughan 1919
Astreopora auvertiaca Michelin 1844
Astreopora compressa Reuss 1864
Astreopora decaphylla Reuss 1868
Astreopora densata Chevalier 1961
Astreopora digitata Gerth 1925
Astreopora dubiosa d'Achiardi 1875
Astreopora duwamishensis Durham 1942
Astreopora ehrenbergi Bernard 1896
Astreopora expansa Brüggemann 1877
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Invalid names: Astreopora explanata Veron 1985 [synonym]
Astreopora gatuncilloensis Budd et al. 1992
Astreopora goethalsi Vaughan 1919
Astreopora gracilis Bernard 1896
Astreopora hemisphaerica Duncan 1880
Astreopora hexaphylla Felix 1906
Astreopora leightoni Wells 1932
Astreopora listeri Bernard 1896
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Invalid names: Astreopora horizontalis Bernard 1896 [synonym], Madrepora galaxea Ellis and Solander 1786 [synonym]
Astreopora meneghiniana d'Achiardi 1866
Astreopora microcalix Chevalier 1963
Astreopora minima d'Achiardi 1867
Astreopora moretonensis Veron and Wallace 1984
Astreopora mostarensis Oppenheim 1901
Astreopora myriophthalma Lamarck 1816
Astreopora occidentalis Nomland 1917
Astreopora portoricensis Vaughan 1919
Astreopora profunda Verrill 1875
Astreopora rutteni Gerth 1923
Astreopora sanjuanensis Durham 1942
Astreopora schedakena Darga 1992
Astreopora sphaeroidalis Michelin 1844
Astreopora stellaris Kühn 1933
Astreopora subcylindrica Matheron 1961
Astreopora tecta Catullo 1856
Astreopora wallaceae Bromfield 2013
Astreopora walli Wells 1934
Invalid names: Araeacis Haime and Milne-Edwards 1857 [objective synonym], Palastreopora [synonym], Polysolenia Reuss 1867 [synonym]
G. †Bacarella Turnsek and Kosir 2004
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Bacarella vipavica Turnsek and Kosir 2004
G. †Dendracis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Dendracis bifaria Gregory 1930
Dendracis cantabrigiensis Vaughan 1899
Dendracis mammillosa Reuss 1868
Dendracis micrantha Felix 1884
Dendracis nodosa Reuss 1868
Dendracis seriata Reuss 1868
G. †Diplocoenia Fromentel 1857
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Diplocoenia ambigua Alloiteau 1958
Diplocoenia clathrata Etallon 1859
Diplocoenia coespitosa Etallon 1862
Diplocoenia etalloni Sikharulidze 1985
Diplocoenia gagarini Babayev 1973
Diplocoenia hayasakai Eguchi 1951
Diplocoenia lobata Etallon 1858
Diplocoenia mathayi Koby 1881
Diplocoenia multisepta Ogilvie 1897
Diplocoenia parvistella Alloiteau 1958
Diplocoenia picteti Koby 1895
Diplocoenia profunda d'Achiardi 1880
Diplocoenia rotularis Michelin 1843
Diplocoenia saltensis de Fromentel 1857
Diplocoenia sanctimihieli Michelin 1843
Diplocoenia stellata Etallon 1859
Diplocoenia tazerdunetensis Beauvais 1966
Diplocoenia vongohensis Alloiteau 1958
G. †Etallonasteria Roniewicz 1966
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Etallonasteria minima Etallon 1864
G. †Gravieropsammia Filliozat 1910
G. †Isopora Studer 1878
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Isopora crateriformis Gardiner 1898
Isopora cuneata Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora plicata Brook 1891 [synonym], Madrepora hispida Brook 1891 [synonym]
Isopora curacaoensis Budd and Wallace 2008
Isopora ginsburgi Budd and Wallace 2008
Isopora matahari Santodomingo 2014
Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816
Isopora togianensis Wallace 1997
G. Montipora Blainville 1830
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Montipora altasepta Nemenzo 1967
Montipora angulata Lamarck 1816
Montipora cactus Bernard 1897
Montipora calcarea Bernard 1897
Montipora cebuensis Nemenzo 1976
Montipora circumvallata Ehrenberg 1834
Montipora cocosensis Vaughan 1918
Montipora confusa Nemenzo 1967
Montipora corbettensis Veron and Wallace 1984
Montipora cretacea Umbgrove 1925
Montipora cryptus Veron 2000
Montipora danae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Invalid names: Montipora ramosa Bernard 1897 [synonym]
Montipora dilatata Studer 1901
Montipora dubiosa Gerth 1921
Montipora echinata Veron 2000
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Invalid names: Montipora trabeculata Bernard 1897 [synonym]
Montipora effusa Dana 1846
Montipora elschneri Vaughan 1918
Montipora florida Nemenzo 1967
Montipora floweri Wells 1954
Montipora foliosa Pallas 1766
Montipora friabilis Bernard 1897
Montipora gaimardi Bernard 1897
Montipora gortanii Montanaro Gallitelli 1973
Montipora grandis Schuster 2002
Montipora grisea Bernard 1897
Montipora hirsuta Nemenzo 1967
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Invalid names: Montipora patula Verrill 1869 [synonym]
Montipora hodgsoni Veron 2000
Montipora informis Bernard 1897
Montipora kellyi Veron 2000
Montipora lobulata Bernard 1897
Montipora mactanensis Nemenzo 1979
Montipora malampaya Nemenzo 1967
Montipora meandrina Ehrenberg 1834
Montipora migatschevae Kuzmicheva 1987
Montipora millepora Crossland 1952
Montipora mollis Bernard 1897
Montipora niugini Veron 2000
Montipora nodosa Dana 1846
Montipora orientalis Nemenzo 1967
Montipora pandolfii Bromfield 2013
Montipora peltiformis Bernard 1897
Montipora porites Veron 2000
Montipora samarensis Nemenzo 1967
Montipora saudii Veron 2000
Montipora schencki Durham 1942
Montipora setosa Nemenzo 1976
Montipora solida Bernard 1897
Montipora spongiosa Ehrenberg 1834
Montipora spongodes Bernard 1897
Montipora spumosa Lamarck 1816
Montipora stellata Bernard 1897
Montipora stilosa Ehrenberg 1834
Montipora teresea Bromfield 2013
Montipora tuberculosa Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Montipora sinensis Bernard 1897 [synonym]
Montipora turgescens Bernard 1897
Montipora turtlensis Veron and Wallace 1984
Montipora undata Bernard 1897
Montipora venosa Ehrenberg 1834
Montipora verrilli Vaughan 1907
Montipora verrucosa Lamarck 1816
Montipora wilsonae Bromfield 2013
G. †Palaestraeopora Kühn and Andrusov 1937
G. †Paretallonia Sikharulidze 1972
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Paretallonia bendukidzeae Sikharulidze 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available