Acroporidae

Acropora sp.

Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Hexacorallia
Ordo: Scleractinia
Subordo: Astrocoeniina
Familia: Acroporidae
Genera: Acropora - Anacropora - Astreopora - Montipora - Enigmopora - Isopora

Name

Acroporidae Verrill, 1902

Reference

• Hironobu Fukami, Makoto Omori, & Masayuki Hatta 2000: Phylogenetic Relationships in the Coral Family Acroporidae, Reassessed by Inference from Mitochondrial Genes. Zoological Science, pp. 689–696.
• Wallace, C.C. 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 Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia.
• Verrill, 1902: Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci. 11: 163
• ITIS: Anacropora[1]'
• ITIS: Astreopora[2]'
• ITIS: Montipora[3]'

Vernacular names

English: Stony Corals