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''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and
staghorn coral The staghorn coral (''Acropora cervicornis'') is a branching, stony coral with cylindrical branches ranging from a few centimetres to over two metres in length and height. It occurs in back reef and fore reef environments from depth. The upper ...
. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals responsible for building the immense calcium carbonate substructure that supports the thin living skin of a reef.


Anatomy and distribution

Depending on the species and location, ''Acropora'' species may grow as plates or slender or broad branches. Like other corals, ''Acropora'' corals are colonies of individual polyps, which are about 2 mm across and share tissue and a
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. The polyps can withdraw back into the coral in response to movement or disturbance by potential predators, but when undisturbed, they protrude slightly. The polyps typically extend further at night to help capture plankton and organic matter from the water. The species are distributed in the Indo-Pacific (over 100 species) and Caribbean (3 species). However, the true number of species is unknown: firstly, the validity of many of these species is questioned as some have been shown to represent hybrids, for example ''Acropora prolifera''; and secondly, some species have been shown to represent cryptic species complexes.


Threats

'' Symbiodinium'',
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algae Algae (; singular alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from unicellular mic ...
, live in the corals' cells and produce energy for the animals through photosynthesis. Environmental destruction has led to a dwindling of populations of ''Acropora'', along with other coral species. ''Acropora'' is especially susceptible to bleaching when stressed. Bleaching is due to the loss of the coral's zooxanthellae, which are a golden-brown color. Bleached corals are stark white and may die if new ''Symbiodinium'' cells cannot be assimilated. Common causes of bleaching and coral death include pollution, abnormally warm water temperatures, increased ocean acidification, sedimentation, and eutrophication. In 2014 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed ten ''Acropora'' species as 'threatened'.


Reef-keeping

Most ''Acropora'' species are brown or green, but a few are brightly colored, and those rare corals are prized by aquarists. Captive propagation of ''Acropora'' is widespread in the reef-keeping community. Given the right conditions, many ''Acropora'' species grow quickly, and individual colonies can exceed a meter across in the wild. In a well-maintained reef aquarium, finger-sized fragments can grow into medicine ball-sized colonies in one to two years. Captive specimens are steadily undergoing changes due to selection which enable them to thrive in the home aquarium. In some cases, fragments of captive specimens are used to repopulate barren reefs in the wild. ''Acropora'' species are challenging to keep in a home aquarium. They require bright light, stable temperatures, regular addition of calcium and alkalinity supplements, and clean, turbulent water. Common parasites of colonies in reef aquariums are "Acropora-eating flatworms" ''Amakusaplana acroporae'', and "red bugs" ('' Tegastes acroporanus'').


Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Acropora'': *'' Acropora abrolhosensis'' Veron, 1985 *'' Acropora abrotanoides'' (Lamarck, 1816) *'' Acropora acervata'' (Dana, 1846) *'' Acropora aculeus'' (Dana, 1846) *'' Acropora acuminata'' (Verrill, 1864) *''
Acropora alvarezi ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
''† Wallace, 2008 *'' Acropora anglica''† (Duncan, 1866) *''
Acropora anthocercis ''Acropora anthocercis'' is a species of acroporid coral that was first described by G. Brook in 1893. Found on the top slopes of reefs, it is often in contact with strong waves. The species is rated as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, with a d ...
'' (Brook, 1893) *'' Acropora arabensis'' Hodgson and Carpenter, 1995 *''
Acropora arafura ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals r ...
'' Wallace, Done & Muir, 2012 *'' Acropora aspera'' (Dana, 1846) *''
Acropora austera ''Acropora austera'' is a species of ''Acropora ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Ac ...
'' (Dana, 1846) *''
Acropora awi ''Acropora awi'' is a species of acroporid coral that was described by Wallace and Wolstenholme in 1998. Found in fringing reefs, the slopes of shallow reefs, and sandy slopes, it occurs in a marine environment. The species is rated as vulnera ...
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and Wolstenholme, 1998
*'' Acropora bartonensis''† Wallace, 2008 *''
Acropora batunai ''Acropora batunai'' is a species of acroporid coral that was described by Carden Wallace in 1997. Found in protected, shallow reefs, it occurs in a marine environment at depths of up to . The species is rated as vulnerable on the IUCN Red Lis ...
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, 1997
*'' Acropora borneoensis''† (Felix, 1921) *'' Acropora branchi'' Riegl, 1995 *''
Acropora britannica ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
''† Wallace, 2008 *''
Acropora bushyensis ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
'' Veron and Wallace, 1984 *'' Acropora capillaris'' (Klunzinger, 1879) *''
Acropora cardenae ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals r ...
'' Wells, 1986 *''
Acropora carduus ''Acropora carduus'' is a species of acroporid coral Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the imp ...
'' (Dana, 1846) *'' Acropora caroliniana'' Nemenzo, 1976 *'' Acropora cerealis'' (Dana, 1846) *''
Acropora cervicornis The staghorn coral (''Acropora cervicornis'') is a branching, stony coral with cylindrical branches ranging from a few centimetres to over two metres in length and height. It occurs in back reef and fore reef environments from depth. The upper ...
'' (Lamarck, 1816) - staghorn coral *''
Acropora chesterfieldensis ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
'' Veron and Wallace, 1984 *'' Acropora clathrata'' (Brook, 1891) *''
Acropora cytherea ''Acropora cytherea'' is a stony coral which forms horizontal table like structures. It occurs in the Indo-Pacific Ocean in areas with little wave action, favouring back reef environments from depth. Description ''Acropora cytherea'' is a colo ...
'' (Dana, 1846) *''
Acropora darrellae ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
''† Santodomingo, Wallace & Johnson, 2015 *''
Acropora deformis ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
''† (Michelin, 1840) *''
Acropora dendrum ''Acropora dendrum'' is a species of acroporid coral that was first described by Bassett-Smith in 1890. Found in tropical, shallow reefs in areas of powerful waves at depths of , it is threatened by disease. The species is rated as vulnerable o ...
'' (Bassett-Smith, 1890) *'' Acropora derawaensis'' Wallace, 1997 *'' Acropora desalwii'' Wallace, 1994 *'' Acropora digitifera'' (Dana, 1846) *'' Acropora divaricata'' (Dana, 1846) *'' Acropora donei'' Veron and Wallace, 1984 *''
Acropora downingi ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
'' Wallace, 1999 *'' Acropora duncani''† (Reuss, 1866) *'' Acropora echinata'' (Dana, 1846) *'' Acropora elegans'' (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1860) *'' Acropora elenae''† Santodomingo, Wallace & Johnson, 2015 *''
Acropora elseyi ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp Scleractinia, stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major r ...
'' (Brook, 1892) *'' Acropora emanuelae''† Santodomingo, Wallace & Johnson, 2015 *''
Acropora eurystoma ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
'' (Klunzinger, 1879) *'' Acropora fastigata'' Nemenzo, 1967 *'' Acropora fennemai''† (Gerth, 1921) *'' Acropora fenneri'' Veron, 2000 *'' Acropora filiformis'' Veron, 2000 *''
Acropora florida The branch coral (''Acropora florida'') is a species of acroporid coral found in the southwest and northern Indian Ocean, the central Indo-Pacific, Australia, Southeast Asia, Japan and the East China Sea, Cook Islands and the oceanic west Pacifi ...
'' (Dana, 1846) *'' Acropora gemmifera'' (Brook, 1892) *''
Acropora glauca ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
'' (Brook, 1893) *''
Acropora globiceps ''Acropora globiceps'' is a species of acroporid coral found in the oceanic central and western Pacific Ocean and central Indo-Pacific. It can also be found in the Great Barrier Reef, the Philippines, the Andaman Islands, Polynesia, Micronesia a ...
'' (Dana, 1846) *'' Acropora gomezi'' Veron, 2000 *'' Acropora grandis'' (Brook, 1892) *'' Acropora granulosa'' (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1860) *'' Acropora haidingeri''† (Reuss, 1864) *'' Acropora halmaherae'' Wallace and Wolstenholme, 1998 *'' Acropora hasibuani''† Santodomingo, Wallace & Johnson, 2015 *'' Acropora hemprichii'' (Ehrenberg, 1834) *'' Acropora herklotsi''† (Reuss, 1866) *'' Acropora hoeksemai'' Wallace, 1997 *''
Acropora horrida ''Acropora horrida'' is a species of acroporid coral that was first described by James Dwight Dana in 1846. Found in tropical, shallow reefs in marine environments, it occurs near fringing reefs around turbid water, at depths of . It is listed a ...
'' (Dana, 1846) *'' Acropora humilis'' (Dana, 1846) *'' Acropora hyacinthus'' (Dana, 1846) *''
Acropora indonesia ''Acropora indonesia'' is a species of acroporid coral that was first described by Dr Carden Wallace in 1997. Found in marine, tropical, shallow reefs in sheltered flat locations or gentle slopes, it occurs at depths of . It is listed as a vuln ...
'' Wallace, 1997 *''
Acropora intermedia ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
'' (Brook, 1891) *'' Acropora jacquelineae'' Wallace, 1994 *'' Acropora japonica'' Veron, 2000 *'' Acropora kimbeensis'' Wallace, 1999 *'' Acropora kirstyae'' Veron and Wallace, 1984 *''
Acropora kosurini ''Acropora kosurini'' is a species of acroporid coral that was first described by C. C. Wallace in 1994. Found in marine, shallow reefs, it occurs at depths of . It is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List, and it is believed to h ...
'' Wallace, 1994 *''
Acropora lamarcki ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
'' Veron, 2000 *'' Acropora latistella'' (Brook, 1892) *'' Acropora laurae''† Santodomingo, Wallace & Johnson, 2015 *''
Acropora lavandulina ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
''† (Michelin, 1840) *'' Acropora listeri'' (Brook, 1893) *''
Acropora loisetteae ''Acropora loisetteae'' is a species of acroporid coral that was first described by C. C. Wallace in 1994. Found in marine, tropical, shallow reefs in sheltered lagoons, it is found at depths between . It is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Re ...
'' Wallace, 1994 *'' Acropora lokani'' Wallace, 1994 *''
Acropora longicyathus ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
'' (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1860) *'' Acropora loripes'' (Brook, 1892) *''
Acropora lovelli ''Acropora lovelli'' is a species of acroporid coral found in the northern Indian Ocean, the central Indo-Pacific, Australia and the oceanic west Pacific Ocean. It can also be found in Palau and the southern Mariana Islands, the Red Sea, Mauriti ...
'' Veron and Wallace, 1984 *'' Acropora lutkeni'' Crossland, 1952 *'' Acropora macrocalyx''† Wallace & Bosselini, 2015 *'' Acropora microclados'' (Ehrenberg, 1834) *''
Acropora microphthalma ''Acropora microphthalma'' is a species of acroporid coral found in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the southwest and northern Indian Ocean, the central Indo-Pacific, Australia, Southeast Asia, Japan, the East China Sea and the oceanic west and c ...
'' (Verrill, 1869) *'' Acropora millepora'' (Ehrenberg, 1834) *''
Acropora monticulosa ''Acropora monticulosa'' is a species of acroporid coral found in the southwest and northern Indian Ocean, the central Indo-Pacific, Australia, Southeast Asia, Japan, the East China Sea and the oceanic west Pacific Ocean. It is also found in the ...
'' (Brueggemann, 1879) *'' Acropora mossambica'' Riegl, 1995 *'' Acropora multiacuta'' Nemenzo, 1967 *''
Acropora muricata ''Acropora muricata'', commonly called staghorn coral, is a species of acroporid coral found in the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, Australia, central Indo-Pacific, Japan, Southeast Asia, the East China Sea and the oceanic ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Acropora nana'' (Studer, 1878) *'' Acropora nasuta'' (Dana, 1846) *''
Acropora natalensis ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
'' Riegl, 1995 *'' Acropora ornata''† (DeFrance, 1828) *'' Acropora palmata'' (Lamarck, 1816) - elkhorn coral *'' Acropora palmerae'' Wells, 1954 *''
Acropora paniculata ''Acropora paniculata'' is a species of acroporid coral that was first described by Addison Emery Verrill in 1902. Found in marine, tropical, shallow reefs on the upper slopes, it occurs at depths of between . It is classed as a vulnerable speci ...
'' Verrill, 1902 *''
Acropora papillare ''Acropora papillare'' is a species of acroporid coral that was first described by Latypov in 1992. Found in marine, tropical, shallow reefs in areas exposed to waves, it occurs at depths of between . It is classed as a vulnerable species on the ...
'' Latypov, 1992 *'' Acropora pectinata'' Veron, 2000 *''
Acropora pharaonis ''Acropora pharaonis'' is a species of acroporid coral that was first described by Milne-Edwards and Haime in 1860. Found in marine, tropical, reefs on slopes sheltered from wave action, it occurs at depths of between . It is classed as a vulner ...
'' (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1860) *'' Acropora pichoni'' Wallace, 1999 *'' Acropora piedmontensis''† Wallace & Bosselini, 2015 *''
Acropora plumosa ''Acropora plumosa'' is a species of acroporid coral that was first described by Dr. C. C. Wallace and J. Wolstenholme in 1998. Found in marine, tropical, reefs on slopes sheltered from wave action, and on reef walls. It occurs at depths betwee ...
'' Wallace and Wolstenholme, 1998 *'' Acropora polystoma'' (Brook, 1891) *'' Acropora prolifera'' (Lamarck, 1816) - fused staghorn coral *''
Acropora proteacea ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals r ...
''† Wallace, 2008 *'' Acropora proximalis'' Veron, 2000 *'' Acropora pulchra'' (Brook, 1891) *'' Acropora renemai''† Santodomingo, Wallace & Johnson, 2015 *'' Acropora retusa'' (Dana, 1846) *'' Acropora ridzwani'' Ditlev, 2003 *'' Acropora robusta'' (Dana, 1846) *'' Acropora roemeri''† (Duncan, 1866) *'' Acropora rongelapensis'' Richards & Wallace, 2004 *''
Acropora roseni ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
'' Wallace, 1999 *''
Acropora rudis ''Acropora rudis'' is a species of acroporid coral found in the Indo-Pacific region. It is an uncommon species and is classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as an endangered species because it is particularly susceptibl ...
'' (Rehberg, 1892) *''
Acropora rufa ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
'' Veron, 2000 *'' Acropora russelli'' Wallace, 1994 *''
Acropora salentina ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
''† Wallace & Bosselini, 2015 *''
Acropora samoensis ''Acropora samoensis'' is a species of acroporid coral found in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the southwest and northern Indian Ocean, the central Indo-Pacific, Australia, Southeast Asia, Japan, the East China Sea and the oceanic west and ce ...
'' (Brook, 1891) *'' Acropora sarmentosa'' (Brook, 1892) *'' Acropora secale'' (Studer, 1878) *''
Acropora selago ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals r ...
'' (Studer, 1878) *''
Acropora seriata ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
'' (Ehrenberg, 1834) *''
Acropora serrata ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
'' Lamarck *'' Acropora simplex'' Wallace and Wolstenholme, 1998 *'' Acropora sirikitiae'' Wallace, Phongsuwan & Muir, 2012 *''
Acropora slovenica ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
''† Wallace & Bosselini, 2015 *'' Acropora solanderi''† (Defrance, 1828) *'' Acropora solitaryensis'' Veron and Wallace, 1984 *''
Acropora sordiensis ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
'' Riegl, 1995 *'' Acropora spathulata'' (Brook, 1891) *''
Acropora speciosa ''Acropora speciosa'' is a species of acroporid coral found in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the southwest and northern Indian Ocean, the central Indo-Pacific, Southeast Asia, Japan, the East China Sea, eastern Australia and the oceanic west an ...
'' (Quelch, 1886) *'' Acropora spicifera'' (Dana, 1846) *'' Acropora squarrosa'' (Ehrenberg, 1834) *''
Acropora striata ''Acropora striata'' is a species of Acroporidae, acroporid coral found in the southwest Indian Ocean, the central Indo-Pacific, Japan and the East China Sea. It can also be found in the Marshall Islands, the Society Islands, the Cook Islands, Ki ...
'' (Verrill, 1866) *'' Acropora subglabra'' (Brook, 1891) *'' Acropora subulata'' (Dana, 1846) *'' Acropora suharsonoi'' Wallace, 1994 *'' Acropora sukarnoi'' Wallace, 1997 *'' Acropora tanegashimensi'' -s Veron, 1990 *'' Acropora tenella'' (Brook, 1892) *'' Acropora tenuis'' (Dana, 1846) *''
Acropora torihalimeda ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals r ...
'' Wallace, 1994 *''
Acropora tortuosa ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals r ...
'' (Dana, 1846) *'' Acropora tuberculosa'' (Milne Edwards, 1860) *''
Acropora turaki ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
'' Wallace, 1994 *'' Acropora valenciennesi'' (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1860) *'' Acropora valida'' (Dana, 1846) *'' Acropora variolosa'' (Klunzinger, 1879) *'' Acropora vaughani'' Wells, 1954 *'' Acropora verweyi'' Veron and Wallace, 1984 *'' Acropora walindii'' Wallace, 1999 *'' Acropora willisae'' Veron and Wallace, 1984 *''
Acropora wilsonae ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals re ...
''† Wallace, 2008 *'' Acropora yongei'' Veron and Wallace, 1984


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