Acroporidae
Also known as: Corales de mesa y de astas, Stony Corals, Table and Staghorn Corals, větevníkovití, Šakeniniai koralai, שיטיתיים, ミドリイシ科, 軸孔珊瑚科
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Cnidaria |
| Class | Anthozoa |
| Order | Scleractinia |
| Family | Acroporidae |
| Published in | Verrill AE. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 11: 63–168. https://www.marinespecies.org/scler |
| Habitat | MARINE |
| Genera | 13 |
| Species records held | 548 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 655 |
| GBIF key | 8153 |
Genera in Acroporidae
- Acropora — 242 species: Acropora abrolhosensis, Acropora abrotanoides, Acropora acervata, Acropora aculeus, Acropora acuminata, Acropora aduncata, Acropora alliomorpha, Acropora alvarezi
- Montipora — 161 species: Montipora acanthella, Montipora aenigmatica, Montipora aequituberculata, Montipora altasepta, Montipora alveopora, Montipora angulata, Montipora antiqua, Montipora aspera
- Astreopora — 54 species: Astreopora acroporina, Astreopora annulata, Astreopora antiguensis, Astreopora carpathica, Astreopora cenderawasih, Astreopora compressa, Astreopora cucullata, Astreopora decaphylla
- Alveopora — 37 species: Alveopora allingi, Alveopora atarensis, Alveopora ataresensis, Alveopora brevispina, Alveopora catalai, Alveopora chiapanecae, Alveopora daedalea, Alveopora daxensis
- Diplocoenia — 22 species: Diplocoenia ambigua, Diplocoenia coespitosa, Diplocoenia dendroidea, Diplocoenia etalloni, Diplocoenia furcata, Diplocoenia gagarini, Diplocoenia guebhardi, Diplocoenia hayasakai
- Isopora — 10 species: Isopora brueggemanni, Isopora crateriformis, Isopora cuneata, Isopora curacaoensis, Isopora cylindrica, Isopora elizabethensis, Isopora ginsburgi, Isopora matahari
- Dendracis — 9 species: Dendracis bifaria, Dendracis cantabrigiensis, Dendracis conferta, Dendracis gervillei, Dendracis lonsdalei, Dendracis mammillosa, Dendracis micrantha, Dendracis nodosa
- Anacropora — 8 species: Anacropora forbesi, Anacropora matthaii, Anacropora pillai, Anacropora puertogalerae, Anacropora reticulata, Anacropora spinosa, Anacropora spumosa, Anacropora tapera
- Enigmopora — 1 species: Enigmopora darveliensis
- Etallonasteria — 1 species: Etallonasteria minima
- Etalloniopsis — 1 species: Etalloniopsis georgica
- Gravieropsammia — 1 species: Gravieropsammia cornucopiae
- Parastraeopora — 1 species: Parastraeopora chmeliki
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.