CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
11 291127 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority
Acropora tumida   (Verrill, 1866)
Rank
Species
CAAB category
11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies
Family
11 291 Acroporidae (staghorn corals) - show full list
Common Name
[a staghorn coral]
Organism Type
a staghorn coral
Taxon lists
Current Australian list:
Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes
11 291901     Acropora spp.
Identifiers
ITIS (USA) 571815
View at ITIS
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288260
Name status: unaccepted    Checked on: 2021-11-21
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
Record source
Veron, J. E. H., 2000 Veron, J. E. H., Corals of the World. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Qld. 3 Vols.
Scientific Name verified against
Wallace, C.C., Done, B.J., Muir, P.R., 2012. Revision and catalogue of worldwide staghorn corals Acropora and Isopora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in the Museum of Tropical Queensland., Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Vol. 57: 1-255.