Analyses of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacers (ITS) and the 5.8s gene indicate that extremely high rDNA heterogeneity is a unique feature in the scleractinian coral genus Acropora…

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Footprints on water: the genetic wake of dispersal among reefs (2007, background): “…variation (sometimes exceeding that among populations) can blur any picture of connectivity that might arise otherwise from their interpretation (Wörheide et al. 2004; Vollmer and Palumbi 2004; note that the genus Acropora may be exceptionally troublesome in this regard, Wei et al. 2006).”
Phylogenetic position and taxonomy of Cycloseris explanulata and C. wellsi (Scleractinia: Fungiidae): lost mushroom corals find their way home (2012, background): “4) due to the higher resolution of ITS1 and ITS2 regions (Chen et al., 2004; Wei et al., 2006).”
The name game: morpho‐molecular species boundaries in the genus Psammocora (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) (2010, background): “In scleractinian corals rDNA is better suited for phylogenetic inference at intrageneric and intraspecific level (Chen et al., 2004; Wei et al., 2006).”
Deep-water Corallium rubrum (L., 1758) from the Mediterranean Sea: preliminary genetic characterisation (2010, background): “In Anthozoan, ITS-1 sequence markers may suffer from intra-individual rDNA variability overlapping with intraspecific rDNA variation (Márquez et al. 2003; Vollmer & Palumbi 2004; Wei et al. 2006).”