Species Acropora florida (Dana, 1846)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Madrepora florida 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 gravida 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 brachyclados Ortmann, A. 1888. Studien uber Systematik und geographische Verbreitung der Steinkorallen. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 4: 143-188.
• Madrepora compressa Bassett-Smith, G.W. 1890. Report on the corals from the Tizard and Macclesfield Banks, China Sea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6(6): 353–374, 443–458, pl. XII-XIV.
• Madrepora polymorpha Brook, G. 1891. Descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 8: 458–471.
• Madrepora affinis Brook, G. 1893. Catalogue of Madreporarian corals in the British Museum (Natural History): the genus Madrepora. London : Longmans Green and Co Vol. I 212 pp.
• Madrepora ornata Brook, G. 1891. Descriptions of new species of Madrepora in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 8: 458–471.
• Acropora multiramosa Nemenzo, F. 1967. Systematic studies on Philippine shallow-water Scleractinians. VI. Suborder Astrocoeniida (Montipora and Acropora). Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines 20(1-2): 1-223 [Part 1 - Text, Part 2 - Plates] [73, pl. 24, figs. 1-2].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wallace, C.C., Done, B.J. & Muir, P.R. 2012. Revision and catalogue of worldwide staghorn corals and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Museum of Tropical Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 57: 1–255 [70]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Other Regions

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

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes