Animalia > Cnidaria > Anthozoa > Scleractinia > Acroporidae

Acroporidae (Antler coral) with Attributes

Synonyms: Isoporidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Acroporidae is a family of small polyped stony corals in the phylum Cnidaria. The name is derived from the Greek "akron" meaning "summit" and refers to the presence of a corallite at the tip of each branch of coral. They are commonly known as staghorn corals and are grown in aquaria by reef hobbyists.
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Genus

Acropora (Staghorn coral) (2)

(...) = Species count

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0