Scleractinia name details
Heteropora Ehrenberg, 1834
739504 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:739504)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (homonym, no type designation)
Genus
- Species Heteropora abrotanoides (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Acropora abrotanoides (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Heteropora appressa Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Acropora muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heteropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Heteropora corymbosa (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Acropora microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heteropora flabellum (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heteropora hemprichii Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Acropora hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Heteropora microclados Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Acropora microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Heteropora millepora Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Acropora millepora (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Heteropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Heteropora prolifera (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Acropora prolifera (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Heteropora seriata Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Acropora seriata (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Heteropora squarrosa Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Acropora squarrosa (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Heteropora tylostoma Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Acropora horrida (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heteropora decurrens Ehrenberg, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Heteropora echidnaea (Lamarck, 1816) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Heteropora forskalii Ehrenberg, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Heteropora imbricata Ehrenberg, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Heteropora laxa Ehrenberg, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Heteropora pocillifera (Lamarck, 1816) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Heteropora regalis Ehrenberg, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Heteropora tubulosa Ehrenberg, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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]
Status Subgenus name within genus Acropora Oken, 1815 not used since its description; never elevated to genus. It is a junior...
Status Subgenus name within genus Acropora Oken, 1815 not used since its description; never elevated to genus. It is a junior homonym of Heteropora de Blainville, 1830, which is in Phylum Bryozoa. It was placed on ICZM Official Index of Rejected and Invalid names in 1963, as number 1646. See: Boschma, H. 1961. Acropora Oken, 1815 (Anthozoa, Madreporaria): proposed validation under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18: 334–335 and China, W. E. 1963 Opinion 674 Acropora Oken, 1815 (Anthozoa, Madreporaria) validated under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20: 319-330. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Heteropora Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739504 on 2025-04-16
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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]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record 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]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record 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]
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Status Subgenus name within genus Acropora Oken, 1815 not used since its description; never elevated to genus. It is a junior homonym of Heteropora de Blainville, 1830, which is in Phylum Bryozoa. It was placed on ICZM Official Index of Rejected and Invalid names in 1963, as number 1646. See: Boschma, H. 1961. Acropora Oken, 1815 (Anthozoa, Madreporaria): proposed validation under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18: 334–335 and China, W. E. 1963 Opinion 674 Acropora Oken, 1815 (Anthozoa, Madreporaria) validated under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20: 319-330. [details]
