Scleractinia name details
Acropora (Madrepora) Linnaeus, 1758
1289680 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1289680)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Subgenus
- Species Acropora (Madrepora) africana (Brook, 1893) accepted as Acropora africana (Brook, 1893) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora (Madrepora) Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1289680 on 2025-04-06
original description
(of Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
basis of record Crossland, C. (1948). Reef corals of the South African coast. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 11 (2): 169-205, pls. 5-14. [details]

basis of record Crossland, C. (1948). Reef corals of the South African coast. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 11 (2): 169-205, pls. 5-14. [details]