Category:Acropora formosa

**Acropora formosa**
	species of cnidarian
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Instance of	taxon;
IUCN conservation status	Near Threatened;
Common name
	English: Staghorn coral, Staghorn Coral; 中文: 美麗軸孔珊瑚; 中文（中国大陆）: 美丽鹿角珊瑚; 中文（臺灣）: 美麗軸孔珊瑚;
Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Phylum	Cnidaria
Class	Anthozoa
Subclass	Hexacorallia
Order	Scleractinia
Family	Acroporidae
Genus	Acropora
Species	Acropora formosa
Authority file
	Q3939698; IUCN taxon ID: 133644; NCBI taxonomy ID: 126732; ITIS TSN: 52890; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 1006840; Fossilworks taxon ID: 83573; GBIF taxon ID: 5184666; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 207036; CITES Species+ ID: 8130; ARKive ID (archived): acropora-formosa, staghorn-coral/acropora-formosa; IRMNG ID: 10001716
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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Cnidaria • Classis: Anthozoa • Subclassis: Hexacorallia • Ordo: Scleractinia • Subordo: Astrocoeniina • Familia: Acroporidae • Genus: Acropora • Species: Acropora formosa (Dana, 1846)

Synonyms

Acropora formosa (Dana, 1846) (preferred by BioLib & Catalogue of Life & ITIS & IUCN & NCBI)
Acropora muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) (preferred by TPDB & WoRMS)
Acropora arbuscula (Dana) (from BioLib)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Acropora formosa']

English: Staghorn coral, Staghorn Coral
中文: 美麗軸孔珊瑚
中文（中国大陆）: 美丽鹿角珊瑚
中文（臺灣）: 美麗軸孔珊瑚

BioLib link: Acropora formosa (Dana, 1846)

Catalogue of Life link: Acropora formosa (Dana, 1846)

ITIS link: Acropora formosa (Dana, 1846)

IUCN: Acropora formosa (Dana, 1846) (old web site) (Near Threatened)

NCBI link: Acropora formosa

Fossilworks PaleoDB link: Acropora muricata Linnaeus 1758 (Syn. of Acropora formosa)

Note: Synonymy with Acropora muricata is not unanimously recognized. BioLib & NCBI recognize both, TPDB & WoRMS prefer Acropora muricata, Catalogue of Life & ITIS & IUCN prefer Acropora formosa.