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Acropora microphthalma

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora microphthalma was named by Verrill (1869). It is extant.

It was recombined as Acropora microphthalma by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Madrepora microphthalma Verrill
2005Acropora microphthalma 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
speciesmicrophthalma(Verrill 1869)

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.

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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 Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Marshall Islands Acropora microphthalma (45365)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Acropora microphthalma (87980)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Acropora microphthalma (88052 88053 88054)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Acropora microphthalma (97666)