Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Hexacorallia
Ordo: Scleractinia
Subordo: Astrocoeniina
Familia: Acroporidae
Genera: Acropora - Anacropora - Astreopora - Montipora
Name
Acroporidae Verrill, 1902
Reference
* Hironobu Fukami, Makoto Omori, & Masayuki Hatta 2000: Phylogenetic Relationships in the Coral Family Acroporidae, Reassessed by Inference from Mitochondrial Genes. Zoological Science, pp. 689–696.
* Wallace, C.C. 1999: Staghorn corals of the world: a revision of the coral genus Acropora (Scleractinia; Astrocoeniina; Acroporidae) worldwide, with emphasis on morphology, phylogeny and biogeography. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia.
* Verrill, 1902: Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci. 11: 163
* ITIS: Anacropora[1]'
* ITIS: Astreopora[2]'
* ITIS: Montipora[3]'
Vernacular names
English: Stony Corals
