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Acropora (Acropora) elegans (Milne Edwards, 1860)

1521817  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1521817)

  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) elegans (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Madrepora elegans Milne Edwards, 1860) Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora (Acropora) elegans (Milne Edwards, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1521817 on 2025-03-21
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2021-07-15 04:44:52Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2022-05-18 08:07:57Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Madrepora elegans Milne Edwards, 1860) Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

new combination reference Wallace CC, Wolstenholme J. (1998). Revision of the coral genus Acropora (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) in Indonesia. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 123(3): 199-384. [details] 

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source 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] 

Nontype MTQ G55124, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

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