I came across this article this morning and thought it was interesting - https://reefbuilders.com/2023/08/08/indonesian-acropora-tenuis-has-been-renamed-acropora-bifaria/
The key part is this:
I was chatting to Tom about this back in early 2021 so while they've known that the old A. tenuis was made up of several different species for some time, the paper has only recently been published. It looks like there are many more changes coming for the genus Acropora and I understand there could be as many as 150 new species recognised in the near future.
The key part is this:
Using samples taken from far and wide, the super popular Rainbow tenuis we all covet from Indonesia has been revealed as Acropora bifaria, the type specimens coming from Java, in Indonesia. Acropora tenuis from the Great Barrier Reef and Western Australia has also been revised, and they are now called Acropora kenti. There are no Acropora tenuis growing naturally now, in either Indonesia or the whole of Australia. The real Acropora tenuis now only comes from Fiji and Tonga. New species Acropora tenuissima also only comes from Fiji, while new species Acropora rongoi is described from the Cook Islands.
I was chatting to Tom about this back in early 2021 so while they've known that the old A. tenuis was made up of several different species for some time, the paper has only recently been published. It looks like there are many more changes coming for the genus Acropora and I understand there could be as many as 150 new species recognised in the near future.