WoRMS taxon details
Acropora polystoma (Brook, 1891)
207050 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207050)
accepted
Species
Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acropora massawensis von Marenzeller, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora (Polystachys) polystoma Brook, 1891 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora polystoma Brook, 1891 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Madrepora polystoma Brook, 1891) Brook G (1891) Descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8: 458-471. [details]
Holotype (of Madrepora polystoma Brook, 1891) BMNH...
, Note Mauritius (Veron, 1986).
Holotype (of Madrepora polystoma Brook, 1891) BMNH 1878.2.4.6, geounit Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Mauritius (Veron, 1986). [details]
Description Colonies are corymbose, with thick irregular branches. Radial corallites are very irregular giving a spiny appearance....
Description Colonies are corymbose, with thick irregular branches. Radial corallites are very irregular giving a spiny appearance. Colour: cream or yellow. Abundance: uncommon, restricted to upper reef slopes exposed to strong wave action (Veron, 1986). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora polystoma (Brook, 1891). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207050 on 2024-11-09
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original description
(of Acropora massawensis von Marenzeller, 1907) Marenzeller, E. von. (1907). Riffkorallen. In: Expeditionen S.M. "Pola" in das Rote Meer. Nördliche und Südliche Hälfte 1895/96 – 1897/98. <em>Zoologische Ergebnisse XXVI. Berichte der Kommission für Ozeanographische Forschungen. Denkschrift Akademischer Wissenschaften.</em> 80: 27-97, pls. 1-29. [details]
original description (of Madrepora polystoma Brook, 1891) Brook G (1891) Descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8: 458-471. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Lemmens, J. W. T. J. (1993). Reef-building corals (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) from the Watamu Marine National Reserve, Kenya; an annotated species list. <em>Zoologische mededelingen.</em> 67: 453-465. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Wallace CC, Done BJ, Muir PR (2012) Revision and catalogue of worldwide staghorn corals Acropora and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Museum of Tropical Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 57: 1-255. [details]
additional source Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
page(s): 25 [details]
additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 26, 51 [details]
additional source Boshoff, P.H. (1981). An annotated checklist of Southern Africa Scleractinia. <em>Oceanographic Research Institute Investigational Report, Durban.</em> 49: 1-45.
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume I: Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 1, pp. 463.
page(s): 335 [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Molina, M.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Palmyra Atoll coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2002, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2000-2001, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 8]. UNPUBLISHED, UNPUBLISHED [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Schmerfeld, J. (2004). Coral survey from Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge, 1998-2004 [Table 3]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E. (2004). Baker Island coral data [Table unnumbered]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]
additional source Kenyon, J. (2008). Acropora (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) reproductive synchrony and spawning phenology in the Northern Line Islands, central Pacific, as inferred from size classes of developing oocytes. Pacific Science, 62(4): 569-578
page(s): 573 [details]
additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 62, 73, 112 [details]
additional source Wallace, C. C.; Fellegara, I.; Muir, P. R.; Harrison, P. L. (2009). The scleractinian corals of Moreton Bay, eastern Australia: high latitude, marginal assemblages with increasing species richness. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 54, 2
page(s): 8 [details]
original description (of Madrepora polystoma Brook, 1891) Brook G (1891) Descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8: 458-471. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Lemmens, J. W. T. J. (1993). Reef-building corals (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) from the Watamu Marine National Reserve, Kenya; an annotated species list. <em>Zoologische mededelingen.</em> 67: 453-465. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Wallace CC, Done BJ, Muir PR (2012) Revision and catalogue of worldwide staghorn corals Acropora and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Museum of Tropical Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 57: 1-255. [details]
additional source Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
page(s): 25 [details]
additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 26, 51 [details]
additional source Boshoff, P.H. (1981). An annotated checklist of Southern Africa Scleractinia. <em>Oceanographic Research Institute Investigational Report, Durban.</em> 49: 1-45.
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume I: Family Acroporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 1, pp. 463.
page(s): 335 [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Molina, M.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Palmyra Atoll coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2002, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2000-2001, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 8]. UNPUBLISHED, UNPUBLISHED [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Schmerfeld, J. (2004). Coral survey from Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge, 1998-2004 [Table 3]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E. (2004). Baker Island coral data [Table unnumbered]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]
additional source Kenyon, J. (2008). Acropora (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) reproductive synchrony and spawning phenology in the Northern Line Islands, central Pacific, as inferred from size classes of developing oocytes. Pacific Science, 62(4): 569-578
page(s): 573 [details]
additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 62, 73, 112 [details]
additional source Wallace, C. C.; Fellegara, I.; Muir, P. R.; Harrison, P. L. (2009). The scleractinian corals of Moreton Bay, eastern Australia: high latitude, marginal assemblages with increasing species richness. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 54, 2
page(s): 8 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Madrepora polystoma Brook, 1891) BMNH 1878.2.4.6, geounit Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G27878, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G27879, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G27880, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G27881, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G27882, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G27883, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G28293, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G28294, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G28296, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G28297, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G28298, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G28299, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G28300, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G28301, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G34140, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G34989, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G38243, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G39817, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G39940, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G39941, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G39946, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G43475, geounit Samoan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G43812, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G43813, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G43814, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G45811, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G46843, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G47075, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G47253, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G47552, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G47553, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G47554, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G47555, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G47556, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G47622, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G47744, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G47745, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G47746, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G48309, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G48323, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G48329, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G49348, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G50382, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G50383, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G50384, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G50385, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G50386, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G50539, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G50540, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G50541, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G50889, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G51098, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G51099, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G51100, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G51101, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G51102, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G51103, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G51104, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G52224, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G52419, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G53425, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G53426, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G53427, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G54271, geounit American Samoa Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G54272, geounit American Samoa Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G54407, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G54669, geounit Niue Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G54838, geounit Thailand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G54851, geounit Yemeni Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) polystoma (Brook, 1891)) MTQ G54852, geounit Yemeni Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 8520, geounit Yemeni Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 8881, geounit Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Biology zooxanthellate [details]Description Colonies are corymbose, with thick irregular branches. Radial corallites are very irregular giving a spiny appearance. Colour: cream or yellow. Abundance: uncommon, restricted to upper reef slopes exposed to strong wave action (Veron, 1986). [details]
Type locality Mauritius (Veron, 1986). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | タバネミドリイシ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Madrepora polystoma Brook, 1891)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Acropora massawensis von Marenzeller, 1907)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acropora polystoma)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Madrepora polystoma Brook, 1891)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Madrepora polystoma Brook, 1891)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Acropora massawensis von Marenzeller, 1907)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acropora polystoma)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Madrepora polystoma Brook, 1891)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
