Species Acropora divaricata (Dana, 1846)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Madrepora divaricata Dana, J.D. 1846. Zoophytes. United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. New York : Greenwood Press Vol. 7 pp. i-vi + 740.
• Madrepora tenuispicata Studer, T. 1880. Ubersicht der Steinkorallen aus der Familie der Madreporaria aporosa, Eupsammina und Turbinaria, welche auf der Reise S.M.S Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1877: 625-655.
• Madrepora scabrosa Quelch, J.J. 1886. Report on the reef-corals collected by H.M.S Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 16(3): 1-203, I-XII pls.
• Acropora stoddarti Pillai, C.S. & Scheer, G. 1976. Report on the stony corals from the Maldive Archipelago Results of the Xarifa Expedition 1957/58 of the International Institute for Submarine Research, Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 43(126): 1-83.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wallace, C.C. 1999. Staghorn corals of the world: a revision of the coral genus Acropora. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 421 pp. [150]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes