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Acropora abrotanoides

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora abrotanoides was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant.

It was recombined as Acropora abrotanoides by Vaughan (1918).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. bonelli, A. laurae, A. macrocalyx, A. saillans, A. suwanneensis, A. upchurchi

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Madrepora abrotanoides Lamarck
1860Madrepora crassa Milne Edwards
1860Madrepora danai Milne-Edwards and Haime
1892Madrepora irregularis Brook
1906Acropora mangarevensis Vaughan
1918Acropora abrotanoides Vaughan
1925Acropora tutuilensis Hoffmeister
2005Acropora irregularis Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciesabrotanoides(Lamarck 1816)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Acropora abrotanoides Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Acropora danai Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 [synonym], Acropora irregularis Brook 1892 [synonym], Acropora mangarevensis Vaughan 1906 [synonym], Acropora tutuilensis Hoffmeister 1925 [synonym], Madrepora crassa Milne Edwards 1860 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 10:22:56
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:22:56
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia Acropora abrotanoides (164722)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Acropora danai (81578)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt Acropora tutuilensis (120206)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mauritius Acropora danai (81015)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu Acropora danai (97441)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Acropora danai (88958)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Acropora irregularis (97444 97445)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu Acropora danai (97442)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Palau Acropora abrotanoides (165213)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Acropora danai (97418)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Acropora danai (96889 96890 96891)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mayotte Acropora danai (96924)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Acropora abrotanoides (97463)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Acropora danai (96956)