Scleractinia taxon details
Acropora retusa (Dana, 1846)
430653 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:430653)
accepted
Species
Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acropora pocilloporina Wallace, 1994 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora (Polystachys) retusa Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora retusa Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Madrepora retusa Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details] 
Holotype (of Madrepora retusa Dana, 1846) USNM 273,...
Holotype (of Madrepora retusa Dana, 1846) USNM 273, geounit Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Acropora retusa (Dana, 1846). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430653 on 2025-04-02
original description
(of Acropora pocilloporina Wallace, 1994) Wallace, C. C. (1994). New Species and a New Species-group of the Coral Genus Acropora (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) from Indo-Pacific Locations. Invertebr. Taxon., 8: 961-88. [details]
original description (of Madrepora retusa Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (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 Verrill AE. (1902). Notes on corals of the genus Acropora (Madrepora Lam.) with new descriptions and figures of types, and of several new species. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 207-266, pls. 36, 36A-F.
page(s): 218 [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): 322 [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Rose Atoll coral data compiled from US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994, Townsend Cromwell 2002, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 10]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]
original description (of Madrepora retusa Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (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 Verrill AE. (1902). Notes on corals of the genus Acropora (Madrepora Lam.) with new descriptions and figures of types, and of several new species. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 207-266, pls. 36, 36A-F.
page(s): 218 [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): 322 [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Rose Atoll coral data compiled from US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994, Townsend Cromwell 2002, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 10]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Madrepora retusa Dana, 1846) USNM 273, geounit Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Polystachys) retusa Dana, 1846) BMNH 86.12.9.238, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Madrepora (Polystachys) retusa Dana, 1846) BMNH 86.12.9.250, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G35533, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G35534, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G35536, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G35537, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G35538, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G35551, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G35840, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G35842, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G35851, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G35947, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G36031, geounit Niue Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G36090, geounit Niue Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G36096, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G36097, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G36098, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G36099, geounit Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G36100, geounit Niue Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G36936, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G39528, geounit Niue Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G44042, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G47958, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G49015, geounit Niue Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G49016, geounit Niue Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G49017, geounit Niue Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G49063, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G49064, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G49065, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G49066, geounit Pitcairn Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G49067, geounit Pitcairn Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G49068, geounit Pitcairn Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G51846, geounit Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G51879, geounit Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G51880, geounit Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G51881, geounit Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G51882, geounit Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G51888, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G54531, geounit Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G54532, geounit Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G54643, geounit Pitcairn Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G54700, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G54999, geounit Niue Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G55000, geounit Niue Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acropora (Acropora) retusa (Dana, 1846)) MTQ G55001, geounit Niue Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Acropora pocilloporina Wallace, 1994)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acropora retusa)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Madrepora retusa Dana, 1846)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE273wholecolony) (from synonym Madrepora retusa Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 273) (from synonym Madrepora retusa Dana, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Acropora pocilloporina Wallace, 1994)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acropora retusa)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Madrepora retusa Dana, 1846)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE273wholecolony) (from synonym Madrepora retusa Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 273) (from synonym Madrepora retusa Dana, 1846)
