WoRMS taxon details
Acropora microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)
207101 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207101)
accepted
Species
Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acropora assimilis (Brook, 1892) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acropora microcladose (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Heteropora corymbosa (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Heteropora microclados Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Madrepora (Polystachys) assimilis Brook, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora (Polystachys) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora assimilis Brook, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Heteropora microclados Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
Note unrecorded (Veron, 1986).
Unreviewed
Type locality unrecorded (Veron, 1986). [details]
Description Colonies are corymbose plates with branches up to 10 mm thick which are tapering, evenly spaced and curving upward to a...
Description Colonies are corymbose plates with branches up to 10 mm thick which are tapering, evenly spaced and curving upward to a uniform height. Colour: always a distinctive pale pinky brown. Pale-grey tentacles are often extended during the day. Abundance: uncommon except on some upper reef slopes. Colonies are up to approximately 1 m in diameter (Veron, 1986). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207101 on 2024-11-19
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original description
(of Heteropora microclados Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
original description (of Madrepora assimilis Brook, 1892) Brook G (1892) Preliminary descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Part II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10: 451-465. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Faure, G. (1977). Annotated checklist of the corals in the Mascarene Archipelago, Indian Ocean. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 203: 1-26. [details] Available for editors
[request]
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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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 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, 56 [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): 374 [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): 7 [details]
original description (of Madrepora assimilis Brook, 1892) Brook G (1892) Preliminary descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collections of the British Museum. Part II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10: 451-465. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Faure, G. (1977). Annotated checklist of the corals in the Mascarene Archipelago, Indian Ocean. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 203: 1-26. [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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 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, 56 [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): 374 [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): 7 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Madrepora microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MNB, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Polystachys) assimilis Brook, 1892) BMNH 85.2.1.7, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Polystachys) assimilis Brook, 1892) BMNH 92.4.5.1, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G29800, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G29801, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G29802 [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G29803, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G29804, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G29805, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G29806, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G29807, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G29808, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G30829, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G30830, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G30832, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G30833, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G30834, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G30835, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G30836, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G30838, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G30839, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G30840, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G30841, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G30842, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G32811, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G34991, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G35640, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G35644, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G35645, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G35676, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G35681, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G35709, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G38053, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G40720, geounit Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G40777, geounit Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G41156, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G41286, geounit Samoan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G43854, geounit Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G47788, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G47975, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G50173, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G50175, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G50598, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G50599, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G50600, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G50601, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G50602, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G50603, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G50606, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G50607, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G50608, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G50611, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G50728, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G51073, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G51270, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G51439, geounit British Indian Ocean Territory Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G52190, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G52573, geounit Solomon Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G53433, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G53434, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G53435, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G53436, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G53437, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G53438, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G53439, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G53518, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G53633, geounit Guam Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54232, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54233, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54234, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54235, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54236, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54237, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54238, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54239, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54240, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54241, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54242, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54243, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54244, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54245, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54246, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54247, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54248, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54249, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54251, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54629, geounit Pitcairn Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MTQ G54849, geounit Eritrean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora assimilis (Brook, 1892)) HLD X2: 127-4, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora assimilis (Brook, 1892)) HLD X2: 153-11, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 278-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 326-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 327-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 344-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 346-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 497-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Madrepora assimilis Brook, 1892) BMNH, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Biology zooxanthellate [details]Description Colonies are corymbose plates with branches up to 10 mm thick which are tapering, evenly spaced and curving upward to a uniform height. Colour: always a distinctive pale pinky brown. Pale-grey tentacles are often extended during the day. Abundance: uncommon except on some upper reef slopes. Colonies are up to approximately 1 m in diameter (Veron, 1986). [details]
Type locality unrecorded (Veron, 1986). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | マツバミドリイシ／ホソヅツハナガサミドリイシ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Heteropora microclados Ehrenberg, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Madrepora assimilis Brook, 1892)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acropora microclados)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Heteropora microclados Ehrenberg, 1834)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Heteropora microclados Ehrenberg, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Madrepora assimilis Brook, 1892)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acropora microclados)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Heteropora microclados Ehrenberg, 1834)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
