List of Nominal Species of Acroporidae
 
Nominal Species (n = 299) Present allocation (n = 200) Ref.
Acropora abrolhosensis Veron, 1985 Acropora abrolhosensis 19
Madrepora abrotanoides Lamarck, 1816 Acropora abrotanoides 86439
Astreopora acroporina Wallace, Turak & DeVantier, 2011 Astreopora acroporina 3477
Madrepora acuminata Verrill, 1864 Acropora acuminata 86439
Montipora aequituberculata Bernard, 1897 Montipora aequituberculata 19
Acropora akajimensis Veron, 1990 Acropora akajimensis 19
Montipora altasepta Nemenzo, 1967 Montipora altasepta 846
Madrepora ambigua Brook, 1892 Acropora robusta 86439
Acropora arabensis Hodgson & Carpenter, 1995 Acropora arabensis 3477
Madrepora arabica Edwards & Haime, 1860 Acropora pharaonis 86439
Montipora aspergillus Veron, DeVantier & Turak, 2000 Montipora aspergillus 846
Madrepora attenuata Brook, 1893 Acropora cervicornis 86439
Madrepora austera Dana, 1846 Acropora austera 86439
Montipora australiensis Bernard, 1897 Montipora australiensis 19
Madrepora australis Brook, 1892 Acropora gemmifera 86439
Acropora awi Wallace & Wolstenholme, 1998 Acropora awi 19
Acropora azurea Veron & Wallace, 1984 Acropora azurea 19
Madrepora baeodactyla Brook, 1892 Acropora digitifera 86439
Acropora batunai Wallace, 1997 Acropora batunai 19
Acropora bifurcata Nemenzo, 1971 Acropora bifurcata 846
Madrepora brachiata Dana, 1846 Acropora muricata 86439
Acropora branchi Riegl, 1995 Acropora branchi 846
Madrepora brevicollis Brook, 1892 Acropora digitifera 86439
Madrepora brooki Bernard, 1900 Acropora robusta 86439
Acropora bushyensis Veron & Wallace, 1984 Acropora bushyensis 19
Montipora cactus Bernard, 1897 Montipora cactus 19
Montipora calcarea Bernard, 1897 Montipora calcarea 19
Madrepora canaliculata Klunzinger, 1879 Acropora nasuta 86439
Madrepora canalis Quelch, 1886 Acropora robusta 86439
Montipora capricornis Veron, 1985 Montipora capricornis 19
Acropora cardenae Wells, 1985 Acropora cardenae 3477
Acropora caroliniana Nemenzo, 1976 Acropora caroliniana 19
Montipora cebuensis Nemenzo, 1976 Montipora cebuensis 19
Astreopora cenderawasih Wallace, Turak & DeVantier, 2011 Astreopora cenderawasih 3477
Madrepora cervicornis Lamarck, 1816 Acropora cervicornis 86439
Acropora chesterfieldensis Veron & Wallace, 1984 Acropora chesterfieldensis 19
Madrepora clathrata Brook, 1891 Acropora clathrata 86439
Madrepora coalescens Ortmann, 1889 Acropora valida 86439
Montipora cocosensis Vaughan, 1918 Montipora cocosensis 846
Montipora colei Wells, 1954 Montipora undata 3477
Madrepora companata Brook, 1891 Acropora clathrata 86439
Montipora composita Crossland, 1952 Montipora composita 3477
Madrepora concinna Brrok, 1891 Acropora secale 86439
Montipora confusa Nemenzo, 1967 Montipora confusa 19
Madrepora conigera Dana, 1846 Acropora robusta 86439
Acropora copiosa Nemenzo, 1967 Acropora muricata 86439
Montipora corbettensis Veron & Wallace, 1984 Montipora corbettensis 19
Madrepora cornuta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1861 Acropora palmata 86439
Madrepora crassa Edwards & Haime, 1860 Acropora abrotanoides 86439
Montipora crassituberculata Bernard, 1897 Montipora crassituberculata 19
Montipora cryptus Veron, 2000 Montipora cryptus 3477
Astreopora cucullata Lamberts, 1980 Astreopora cucullata 19
Madrepora cuspidata Dana, 1846 Acropora robusta 86439
Madrepora cyclopea Dana, 1846 Acropora robusta 86439
Acropora cylindrica Veron & Fenner, 2000 Isopora togianensis 3477
Isopora cylindrica Veron & Fenner, 2002 Isopora togianensis 89450
Madrepora cymbicyathus Brook, 1893 Acropora cerealis 86439
Madrepora danai Edwards & Haime, 1860 Acropora abrotanoides 86439
Enigmopora darveliensis Ditlev, 2003 Enigmopora darveliensis 19
Madrepora decipiens Brook, 1892 Acropora robusta 86439
Montipora delicatula Veron, 2000 Montipora delicatula 3477
Acropora derawanensis Wallace, 1997 Acropora derawanensis 19
Acropora desalwii Wallace, 1994 Acropora desalwii 19
Madrepora diffusa Verrill, 1864 Acropora acuminata 86439
Madrepora digitifera Dana, 1846 Acropora digitifera 86439
Montipora dilatata Studer, 1901 Montipora dilatata 846
Acropora diomedae Vaughan, 1906 Acropora listeri 86439
Acropora diomedeae Vaughan, 1906 Acropora nasuta 86439
Acropora dispar Nemenzo, 1967 Acropora grandis 86439
Acropora dissimilis Verrill, 1902 Acropora valida 86439
Madrepora divaricata Dana, 1846 Acropora divaricata 86439
Acropora donei Veron & Wallace, 1984 Acropora donei 19
Acropora downingi Wallace, 1999 Acropora downingi 86439
Montipora echinata Veron, DeVantier & Turak, 2000 Montipora echinata 846
Montipora edwardsi Bernard, 1897 Montipora edwardsi 3477
Montipora efflorescens Bernard, 1897 Montipora efflorescens 19
Madrepora effusa Dana, 1846 Acropora nasuta 86439
Madrepora ehrenbergi Edwards & Haime, 1860 Acropora pharaonis 86439
Montipora ehrenbergi Verrill, 1872 Montipora ehrenbergi 3477
Astreopora eliptica Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941 Astreopora eliptica 83738
Acropora elizabethensis Veron, 2000 Isopora elizabethensis 3477
Isopora elizabethensis (Veron, 2000) Isopora elizabethensis 3477
Montipora elschneri Vaughan, 1918 Montipora elschneri 84399
Acropora eminens von Marenzeller, 1906 Acropora intermedia 86439
Montipora erythraea Marenzeller, 1907 Montipora aequituberculata 3477
Madrepora ethica Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1861 Acropora prolifera 86439
Acropora excelsa Nemenzo, 1971 Acropora valida 3477
Astreopora expansa Brüggemann, 1877 Astreopora expansa 846
Astreopora explanata Veron, 1985 Astreopora explanata 19
Acropora exquisita Nemenzo, 1971 Acropora exquisita 19
Acropora fasciculare Latypov, 1992 Acropora bushyensis 86439
Acropora fastigata Nemenzo, 1967 Acropora fastigata 846
Acropora fenneri Veron, 2000 Acropora fenneri 3477
Acropora filiformis Veron, 2000 Acropora filiformis 3477
Montipora flabellata Studer, 1901 Montipora flabellata 846
Madrepora flabellum Lamarck, 1816 Acropora palmata 86439
Montipora florida Nemenzo, 1967 Montipora florida 19
Montipora floweri Wells, 1954 Montipora floweri 19
Anacropora forbesi Ridley, 1884 Anacropora forbesi 19
Madrepora formosa Dana, 1846 Acropora muricata 86439
Montipora fragilis Quelch, 1886 Montipora fragilis 3477
Montipora friabilis Bernard, 1897 Montipora friabilis 19
Madrepora fruticosa Brook, 1892 Acropora humilis 86439
Montipora gaimardi Bernard, 1897 Montipora gaimardi 19
Madrepora gemmifera Brook, 1892 Acropora gemmifera 86439
Madrepora glauca Brook, 1893 Acropora glauca 86439
Acropora gomezi Veron, 2000 Acropora gomezi 3477
Astreopora gracilis Bernard, 1896 Astreopora gracilis 19
Madrepora gracilis Dana, 1846 Acropora muricata 86439
Madrepora grandis Brook, 1892 Acropora grandis 86439
Montipora granulosa Bernard, 1897 Montipora granulosa 19
Montipora grisea Bernard, 1897 Montipora grisea 19
Madrepora guppyi Brook, 1892 Acropora humilis 86439
Acropora halmaherae Wallace & Wolstenholme, 1998 Acropora halmaherae 19
Montipora hemispherica Veron, 2000 Montipora hemispherica 3477
Heteropora hemprichii Ehrenberg, 1834 Acropora hemprichii 86439
Montipora hirsuta Nemenzo, 1967 Montipora hirsuta 19
Montipora hodgsoni Veron, 2000 Montipora hodgsoni 3477
Acropora hoeksemai Wallace, 1997 Acropora hoeksemai 19
Montipora hoffmeisteri Wells, 1954 Montipora hoffmeisteri 19
Madrepora humilis Dana, 1846 Acropora humilis 86439
Madrepora hystrix Dana, 1846 Acropora cerealis 86439
Montipora inconstans Nemenzo, 1967 Montipora altasepta 8294
Astreopora incrustans Bernard, 1896 Astreopora incrustans 19
Acropora indiana Wallace, 1994 Acropora indiana 19
Acropora indonesia Wallace, 1997 Acropora indonesia 19
Montipora informis Bernard, 1897 Montipora informis 19
Acropora insignis Nemenzo, 1967 Acropora insignis 19
Madrepora intermedia Brook, 1891 Acropora intermedia 86439
Madrepora irregularis Brook, 1892 Acropora abrotanoides 86439
Acropora jacquelineae Wallace, 1994 Acropora jacquelineae 89450
Acropora japonica Veron, 2000 Acropora japonica 3477
Montipora kellyi Veron, 2000 Montipora kellyi 3477
Acropora khayranensis Claereboudt, 2006 Acropora khayranensis 83723
Acropora kimbeensis Wallace, 1999 Acropora kimbeensis 19
Acropora kirstyae Veron & Wallace, 1984 Acropora kirstyae 19
Madrepora klunzingeri Quelch, 1886 Acropora variolosa 86439
Acropora kosurini Wallace, 1994 Acropora kosurini 19
Acropora laevis Crossland, 1952 Acropora muricata 86439
Acropora lamarcki Veron, 2000 Acropora lamarcki 3477
Astreopora lambertsi Moll & Best, 1984 Astreopora lambertsi 19
Madrepora leptocyathus Brook, 1891 Acropora digitifera 86439
Acropora lianae Nemenzo, 1967 Acropora lianae 846
Astreopora listeri Bernard, 1896 Astreopora listeri 19
Madrepora listeri Brook, 1893 Acropora listeri 86439
Montipora lobulata Bernard, 1897 Montipora lobulata 19
Acropora loisetteae Wallace, 1994 Acropora loisetteae 19
Acropora lokani Wallace, 1994 Acropora lokani 19
Madrepora loripes Brook, 1892 Acropora loripes 86439
Acropora lovelli Veron & Wallace, 1984 Acropora lovelli 19
Acropora lutkeni Crossland, 1952 Acropora lutkeni 19
Astreopora macrostoma Veron & Wallace, 1984 Astreopora macrostoma 19
Montipora mactanensis Nemenzo, 1979 Montipora mactanensis 19
Acropora magnifica Nemenzo, 1971 Acropora magnifica 19
Montipora malampaya Nemenzo, 1967 Montipora malampaya 19
Acropora mangarevensis Vaughan, 1906 Acropora abrotanoides 86439
Montipora marshalensis Wells, 1954 Montipora marshalensis 84399
Acropora maryae Veron, 2000 Acropora squarrosa 19
Acropora massawensis von Marenzeller, 1907 Acropora polystoma 86439
Anacropora matthai Pillai, 1973 Anacropora matthai 19
Acropora meridiana Nemenzo, 1971 Acropora meridiana 846
Madrepora microcyathus Klunzinger, 1879 Acropora pharaonis 86439
Montipora millepora Crossland, 1952 Montipora millepora 19
Acropora minuta Veron, 2000 Acropora palmerae 3477
Montipora mollis Bernard, 1897 Montipora mollis 19
Madrepora monticulosa Brüggemann, 1879 Acropora monticulosa 86439
Astreopora moretonensis Veron & Wallace, 1984 Astreopora moretonensis 19
Acropora mossambica Riegl, 1995 Acropora mossambica 19
Acropora multiacuta Nemenzo, 1967 Acropora multiacuta 846
Millepora muricata Linnaeus, 1758 Acropora muricata 86439
Madrepora murrayensis Vaughan, 1918 Acropora loripes 86439
Madrepora nasuta Dana, 1846 Acropora nasuta 86439
Acropora natalensis Riegl, 1995 Acropora natalensis 19
Acropora navini Veron, 2000 Acropora longicyathus 19
Madrepora nigra Brook, 1892 Acropora acuminata 86439
Montipora niugini Veron, 2000 Montipora niugini 3477
Madrepora nobilis Dana, 1846 Acropora robusta 86439
Madrepora obscura Brook, 1893 Acropora humilis 86439
Madrepora obtusata Klunzinger, 1879 Acropora variolosa 86439
Astreopora ocellata Bernard, 1896 Astreopora ocellata 19
Madrepora orbicularis Brook, 1892 Acropora clathrata 86439
Montipora orientalis Nemenzo, 1967 Montipora orientalis 19
Acropora otteri Crossland, 1952 Acropora secale 86439
Montipora pachytuberculata Veron, DeVantier & Turak, 2000 Montipora pachytuberculata 846
Madrepora pacifica Brook, 1891 Acropora robusta 86439
Acropora pagoensis Hoffmeister, 1925 Acropora pagoensis 3477
Montipora palawanensis Veron, 2000 Montipora palawanensis 3477
Madrepora palmata Lamarck, 1816 Acropora palmata 86439
Acropora palmerae Wells, 1954 Acropora palmerae 19
Acropora paniculata Verrill, 1902 Acropora paniculata 19
Acropora papillare Latypov, 1992 Acropora papillare 846
Acropora paragemmifera Claereboudt, 2006 Acropora paragemmifera 83727
Acropora parahemprichii Veron, 2000 Acropora austera 3477
Acropora parapharaonis Veron, 2000 Acropora valida 3477
Montipora patula Verrill, 1869 Montipora patula 3477
Madrepora paxilligera Dana, 1846 Acropora robusta 86439
Acropora pectinata Veron, 2000 Acropora pectinata 3477
Montipora peltiformis Bernard, 1897 Montipora peltiformis 19
Madrepora perampla Horn, 1861 Acropora palmata 86439
Madrepora pharaonis Edwards & Haime, 1860 Acropora pharaonis 86439
Acropora pichoni Wallace, 1999 Acropora pichoni 19
Anacropora pillai Veron, 2000 Anacropora pillai 3477
Acropora pinguis Wells, 1950 Acropora robusta 86439
Acropora plana Nemenzo, 1967 Acropora plana 846
Acropora plumosa Wallace & Wolstenholme, 1998 Acropora plumosa 19
Acropora pocilloporina Wallace, 1994 Acropora retusa 86439
Madrepora polystoma Brook, 1891 Acropora polystoma 86439
Acropora ponderosa Nemenzo, 1967 Acropora robusta 86439
Montipora porites Veron, 2000 Montipora porites 3477
Madrepora prolifera Lamarck, 1816 Acropora prolifera 86439
Acropora proximalis Veron, 2000 Acropora proximalis 3477
Anacropora puertogalerae Nemenzo, 1964 Anacropora puertogalerae 19
Montipora pulcherrima Bernard, 1897 Montipora foliosa 3477
Madrepora pustulosa Klunzinger, 1879 Acropora variolosa 86439
Madrepora pustulosa Edwards & Haime, 1860 Acropora pharaonis 86439
Madrepora pyramidalis Klunzinger, 1879 Acropora digitifera 86439
Madrepora quelchi Brook, 1893 Acropora secale 86439
Montipora ramosa Bernard, 1897 Montipora angulata 3477
Astreopora randalli Lamberts, 1980 Astreopora randalli 846
Madrepora repens Rehberg, 1892 Acropora intermedia 86439
Anacropora reticulata Veron & Wallace, 1984 Anacropora reticulata 19
Madrepora retusa Dana, 1846 Acropora retusa 86439
Acropora ridzwani Ditlev, 2003 Acropora ridzwani 19
Madrepora robusta Dana, 1846 Acropora robusta 86439
Acropora rongelapensis Richards & Wallace, 2004 Acropora rongelapensis 19
Acropora roseni Wallace, 1999 Acropora roseni 19
Madrepora rotumana Gardiner, 1898 Acropora abrotanoides 86439
Madrepora rudis Rehberg, 1892 Acropora rudis 86439
Acropora rufa Veron, 2000 Acropora rufa 3477
Acropora russelli Wallace, 1994 Acropora russelli 19
Montipora samarensis Nemenzo, 1967 Montipora samarensis 19
Madrepora samoensis Brook, 1891 Acropora samoensis 86439
Montipora saudii Turak, DeVantier & Veron, 2000 Montipora saudii 846
Astreopora scabra Lamberts, 1982 Astreopora scabra 846
Madrepora scabrosa Quelch, 1886 Acropora divaricata 86439
Madrepora scandens Klunzinger, 1879 Acropora pharaonis 86439
Madrepora scherzeriana Brügermann, 1877 Acropora gemmifera 86439
Acropora schmitti Wells, 1950 Acropora digitifera 86439
Madrepora secale Studer, 1878 Acropora secale 86439
Acropora sekiseiensis Veron, 1990 Acropora sekiseiensis 19
Montipora setosa Nemenzo, 1976 Montipora setosa 19
Acropora simplex Wallace & Wolstenholme, 1998 Acropora simplex 19
Madrepora smithi Brook, 1893 Acropora robusta 86439
Montipora socialis Bernard, 1897 Montipora foveolata 3477
Montipora solanderi Bernard, 1897 Montipora stellata 3477
Acropora solitaryensis Veron & Wallace, 1984 Acropora solitaryensis 19
Acropora sordiensis Riegl, 1995 Acropora sordiensis 19
Madrepora spectabilis Brook, 1892 Acropora humilis 86439
Anacropora spinosa Rehberg, 1892 Anacropora spinosa 78762
Madrepora spinulosa Klunzinger, 1879 Acropora pharaonis 86439
Acropora splendida Nemenzo, 1967 Acropora valenciennesi 86439
Montipora spongodes Bernard, 1897 Montipora spongodes 19
Anacropora spumosa Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000 Anacropora spumosa 846
Acropora squamata Latypov, 1992 Acropora squamata 84399
Montipora stellata Bernard, 1897 Montipora stellata 19
Madrepora stellulata Verrill, 1902 Acropora muricata 86439
Acropora stoddarti Pillai & Scheer, 1976 Acropora stoddarti 3477
Montipora striata Bernard, 1897 Montipora striata 19
Madrepora subtilis Klunzinger, 1879 Acropora pharaonis 86439
Montipora subtilis Bernard, 1897 Montipora millepora 84399
Astreopora suggesta Wells, 1954 Astreopora suggesta 19
Acropora suharsonoi Wallace, 1994 Acropora suharsonoi 19
Acropora sukarnoi Wallace, 1997 Acropora sukarnoi 19
Montipora taiwanensis Veron, 2000 Montipora taiwanensis 3477
Acropora tanegashimensis Veron, 1990 Acropora tanegashimensis 19
Madrepora tenuispicata Studer, 1880 Acropora divaricata 86439
Madrepora thomasiana Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1861 Acropora palmata 86439
Madrepora tizardi Brook, 1892 Acropora cerealis 86439
Acropora togianensis Wallace, 1997 Isopora togianensis 19
Acropora torihalimeda Wallace, 1994 Acropora torihalimeda 19
Acropora torresiana Veron, 2000 Acropora samoensis 19
Montipora tortuosa Dana, 1846 Montipora tortuosa 19
Acropora turaki Wallace, 1994 Acropora turaki 19
Montipora turgescens Bernard, 1897 Montipora turgescens 19
Montipora turtlensis Veron & Wallace, 1984 Montipora turtlensis 19
Acropora tutuilensis Hoffmeister, 1925 Acropora abrotanoides 86439
Montipora undata Bernard, 1897 Montipora undata 19
Madrepora valenciennesi Ewdards & Haime, 1860 Acropora valenciennesi 86439
Madrepora valida Dana, 1846 Acropora valida 86439
Acropora vanderhorsti Hoffmeister, 1925 Acropora intermedia 86439
Acropora varia Nemenzo, 1967 Acropora muricata 86439
Madrepora variabilis Klunzinger, 1879 Acropora valida 86439
Madrepora variolosa Klunzinger, 1879 Acropora variolosa 86439
Madrepora vasiformis Brook, 1893 Acropora clathrata 86439
Acropora vaughani Wells, 1954 Acropora vaughani 19
Montipora vaughani Hoffmeister, 1925 Montipora vaughani 83825
Acropora vermiculata Nemenzo, 1967 Acropora vermiculata 846
Montipora verrilli Vaughan, 1907 Montipora verrilli 846
Montipora verruculosa Veron, 2000 Montipora verruculosa 3477
Acropora verweyi Veron & Wallace, 1984 Acropora verweyi 19
Montipora vietnamensis Veron, 2000 Montipora vietnamensis 3477
Madrepora violacea Brook, 1892 Acropora secale 86439
Madrepora viragata Dana, 1846 Acropora muricata 86439
Acropora walindii Wallace, 1999 Acropora walindii 19
Acropora wallacea Veron, 1990 Acropora samoensis 19
Madrepora wallaceae Veron, 1990 Acropora samoensis 86439
Acropora wardii Verrill, 1902 Acropora digitifera 86439
Acropora willisae Veron & Wallace, 1984 Acropora willisae 19
Acropora yongei Veron & Wallace, 1984 Acropora yongei 19
SeaLifeBase
Back to top