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Acroporidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Discussion

Non the homonym bryozoan family Acroporidae Canu 1913, now replaced by Porinidae.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Acroporidae Verrill
1997Acroporidae Turnsek
2006Acroporidae Baron-Szabo p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902

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.

Fm. Acroporidae Verrill 1902
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G. Acropora Oken 1815
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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]
Acropora acuminata Verrill 1864
†Acropora alvarezi Wallace 2008
†Acropora anglica Duncan 1866
Acropora aspera Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora hebes Dana 1846 [synonym]
†Acropora austera Dana 1846
†Acropora bancellsae Álvarez-Pérez 1997
†Acropora bartonensis Wallace 2008
†Acropora bonellii Sismonda 1871
†Acropora borneoensis Felix 1921
Acropora branchi Riegl 1995
†Acropora britannica Wallace 2008
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816
Acropora clathrata Brook 1891
†Acropora darrellae Santodomingo 2014
†Acropora deformis Michelin 1840
†Acropora derawanensis Wallace 1997
Acropora donei Veron and Wallace 1984
†Acropora duncani Reuss 1867
†Acropora elegans Milne Edwards 1860
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Invalid names: Acropora magnifica Nemenzo 1971 [synonym]
†Acropora elenae Santodomingo 2014
†Acropora emanuelae Santodomingo 2014
†Acropora exarata Michelotti 1838
†Acropora fastigata Nememzo 1967
†Acropora fennemai Gerth 1921
†Acropora filiformis Veron 2000
Acropora florida Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora multiramosa Nemenzo 1967 [synonym], Madrepora affinis Brook 1893 [synonym], Madrepora brachyclados Ortmann 1888 [synonym], Madrepora compressa Bassett-Smith 1890 [synonym], Madrepora gravida Dana 1846 [synonym], Madrepora polymorpha Brook 1891 [synonym]
Acropora gemmifera Brook 1892
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Invalid names: Acropora scherzeriana Brüggemann 1877 [synonym]
Acropora glauca Brook 1893
Acropora grandis Brook 1892
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Invalid names: Acropora dispar Nemenzo 1967 [synonym]
†Acropora haidingeri Reuss 1864
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Invalid names: Acropora pseudolavandulina Chevalier 1956 [synonym]
†Acropora halmaherae Wallace and Wolstenholme 1998
†Acropora hasibuani Santodomingo 2014
Acropora hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834
Acropora hoeksemai Wallace 1997
Acropora horrida Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora sekiseiensis Veron 1990 [synonym], Madrepora angulata Quelch 1886 [synonym], Madrepora inermis Brook 1981 [synonym]
Acropora humilis Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora surculosa Dana 1846 [synonym]
Acropora indonesia Wallace 1997
†Acropora kirstyae Veron and Wallace 1984
Acropora kosurini Wallace 1994
Acropora lamarcki Veron 2000
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Invalid names: Acropora corymbosa Lamarck 1816 [synonym]
†Acropora lavandulina Michelin 1840
Acropora listeri Brook 1893
Acropora longicyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860
Acropora lovelli Veron and Wallace 1984
Acropora lutkeni Crossland 1952
Acropora millepora Ehrenberg 1834
Acropora minuta Veron 2000
Acropora monticulosa Brüggemann 1879
Acropora muricata Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Acropora formosa Dana 1846 [synonym]
Acropora nasuta Dana 1846
Acropora nobilis Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora eminens Marenzeller 1906 [synonym]
†Acropora ornata Defrance 1828
†Acropora pachymorpha Chevalier 1956
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816
Acropora palmerae Wells 1954
†Acropora panamensis Vaughan 1919
†Acropora papillare Latypov 1992
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Invalid names: Acropora indiana Wallace 1994 [synonym]
Acropora pharaonis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860
†Acropora pichoni Wallace 1999
†Acropora piedmontensis Wallace and Bosellini 2014
Acropora pinguis Wells 1950
Acropora polystoma Brook 1891
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Invalid names: Acropora massawensis Marenzeller 1906 [synonym]
Acropora prolifera Pallas 1766
†Acropora proteacea Wallace 2008
Acropora pulchra Brook 1891
†Acropora ramosi Alvarez et al. 1989
†Acropora renemai Santodomingo 2014
Acropora robusta Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Madrepora smithi Brook 1893 [synonym]
†Acropora roemeri Duncan 1866
Acropora roseni Wallace 1999
Acropora rudis Rehberg 1892
†Acropora russelli Wallace 1994
†Acropora saludensis Vaughan 1919
Acropora salundensis Vaughan 1919
†Acropora samoensis Brook 1891
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Invalid names: Acropora wallaceae Veron 1990 [synonym]
Acropora schmitti Wells 1950
Acropora secale Studer 1878
Acropora selago Studer 1878
†Acropora slovenica Wallace and Bosellini 2014
†Acropora solanderi Defrance 1828
Acropora solitaryensis Veron and Wallace 1984
†Acropora squarrosa Ehrenberg 1834
Acropora stoddarti Pillai and Scheer 1976
†Acropora tampaensis Weisbord 1973
†Acropora tenella Brook 1892
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Invalid names: Acropora eibli Pillai and Scheer 1973 [synonym]
Acropora tenuis Dana 1846
Acropora teres Verrill 1866
†Acropora tergestina Oppenheim 1901
†Acropora tortuosa Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Madrepora implicata Dana 1846 [synonym]
Acropora tumida Verrill 1866
Acropora valenciennesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860
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Invalid names: Acropora splendida Nemenzo 1967 [synonym]
Acropora valida Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora dissimilis Verrill 1902 [synonym], Acropora variabilis Klunzinger 1879 [synonym]
Acropora variolosa Klunzinger 1879
Acropora vaughani Wells 1954
†Acropora wilsonae Wallace 2008
Acropora yongei Veron and Wallace 1984
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Invalid names: Acropora haimei Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 [synonym]
G. Alveopora Blainville 1830
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Alveopora allingi Hoffmeister 1925
†Alveopora atarensis Altuna et al. 2007
†Alveopora chiapanecae Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
Alveopora daedalea Forskal 1775
†Alveopora daedalea minor Duncan 1863
†Alveopora daxensis Chevalier 1961
†Alveopora deningeri Gerth 1910
Alveopora fenestrata Lamarck 1816
Alveopora japonica Eguchi 1968
†Alveopora jessicae Bromfield 2013
†Alveopora micropora Felix 1921
†Alveopora oliveri Bromfield 2013
†Alveopora polyacantha Reuss 1867
†Alveopora rudis Reuss 1864
†Alveopora somaliensis Azzaroli 1958
†Alveopora tampae Weisbord 1973
G. Anacropora Ridley 1884
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Anacropora forbesi Ridley 1884
Anacropora matthai Pillai 1973
Anacropora pillai Veron 2000
Anacropora reticulata Veron and Wallace 1984
Anacropora spinosa Rehberg 1892
Anacropora spumosa Veron 2000
G. Astreopora Blainville 1830
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Subg. †Astreopora (Astreopora) deBlainville 1830
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†Astreopora (Astreopora) esperanzae Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
†Astreopora (Astreopora) spinulosum Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
†Astreopora annulata d'Achiardi 1875
†Astreopora antiguensis Vaughan 1919
†Astreopora auvertiaca Michelin 1844
†Astreopora compressa Reuss 1864
†Astreopora decaphylla Reuss 1868
†Astreopora densata Chevalier 1961
†Astreopora digitata Gerth 1925
†Astreopora dubiosa d'Achiardi 1875
†Astreopora duwamishensis Durham 1942
Astreopora ehrenbergi Bernard 1896
Astreopora expansa Brüggemann 1877
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Invalid names: Astreopora explanata Veron 1985 [synonym]
†Astreopora gatuncilloensis Budd et al. 1992
†Astreopora goethalsi Vaughan 1919
†Astreopora gracilis Bernard 1896
†Astreopora hemisphaerica Duncan 1880
†Astreopora hexaphylla Felix 1906
†Astreopora leightoni Wells 1932
Astreopora listeri Bernard 1896
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Invalid names: Astreopora horizontalis Bernard 1896 [synonym], Madrepora galaxea Ellis and Solander 1786 [synonym]
†Astreopora meneghiniana d'Achiardi 1866
†Astreopora microcalix Chevalier 1963
†Astreopora minima d'Achiardi 1867
Astreopora moretonensis Veron and Wallace 1984
†Astreopora mostarensis Oppenheim 1901
†Astreopora myriophthalma Lamarck 1816
†Astreopora occidentalis Nomland 1917
†Astreopora portoricensis Vaughan 1919
†Astreopora profunda Verrill 1875
†Astreopora rutteni Gerth 1923
†Astreopora sanjuanensis Durham 1942
†Astreopora schedakena Darga 1992
†Astreopora sphaeroidalis Michelin 1844
†Astreopora stellaris Kühn 1933
†Astreopora subcylindrica Matheron 1961
†Astreopora tecta Catullo 1856
†Astreopora wallaceae Bromfield 2013
†Astreopora walli Wells 1934
Invalid names: Araeacis Haime and Milne-Edwards 1857 [objective synonym], Palastreopora [synonym], Polysolenia Reuss 1867 [synonym]
G. †Bacarella Turnsek and Kosir 2004
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†Bacarella vipavica Turnsek and Kosir 2004
G. †Dendracis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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†Dendracis bifaria Gregory 1930
†Dendracis cantabrigiensis Vaughan 1899
†Dendracis mammillosa Reuss 1868
†Dendracis micrantha Felix 1884
†Dendracis nodosa Reuss 1868
†Dendracis seriata Reuss 1868
G. †Diplocoenia Fromentel 1857
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†Diplocoenia ambigua Alloiteau 1958
†Diplocoenia clathrata Étallon 1859
†Diplocoenia coespitosa Étallon 1859
†Diplocoenia etalloni Sikharulidze 1985
†Diplocoenia gagarini Babayev 1973
†Diplocoenia hayasakai Eguchi 1951
†Diplocoenia lobata Étallon 1859
†Diplocoenia mathayi Koby 1881
†Diplocoenia matheyi Koby 1881
†Diplocoenia multisepta Ogilvie 1897
†Diplocoenia parvistella Alloiteau 1958
†Diplocoenia picteti Koby 1895
†Diplocoenia profunda d'Achiardi 1880
†Diplocoenia rotularis Michelin 1844
†Diplocoenia saltensis de Fromentel 1857
†Diplocoenia sanctimihieli Michelin 1843
†Diplocoenia stellata Étallon 1859
†Diplocoenia tazerdunetensis Beauvais 1966
†Diplocoenia vongohensis Alloiteau 1958
G. †Etallonasteria Roniewicz 1966
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†Etallonasteria minima Etallon and Thurmann 1864
G. †Gravieropsammia Filliozat 1910
G. †Isopora Studer 1878
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Isopora crateriformis Gardiner 1898
Isopora cuneata Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora plicata Brook 1891 [synonym], Madrepora hispida Brook 1891 [synonym]
†Isopora curacaoensis Budd and Wallace 2008
†Isopora ginsburgi Budd and Wallace 2008
†Isopora matahari Santodomingo 2014
Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816
Isopora togianensis Wallace 1997
G. Montipora Blainville 1830
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Montipora altasepta Nemenzo 1967
Montipora angulata Lamarck 1816
Montipora cactus Bernard 1897
Montipora calcarea Bernard 1897
Montipora cebuensis Nemenzo 1976
Montipora circumvallata Ehrenberg 1834
Montipora cocosensis Vaughan 1918
Montipora confusa Nemenzo 1967
Montipora corbettensis Veron and Wallace 1984
†Montipora cretacea Umbgrove 1925
Montipora cryptus Veron 2000
Montipora danae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Invalid names: Montipora ramosa Bernard 1897 [synonym]
Montipora dilatata Studer 1901
†Montipora dubiosa Gerth 1921
Montipora echinata Veron 2000
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Invalid names: Montipora trabeculata Bernard 1897 [synonym]
Montipora effusa Dana 1846
Montipora elschneri Vaughan 1918
Montipora florida Nemenzo 1967
Montipora floweri Wells 1954
Montipora foliosa Pallas 1766
Montipora friabilis Bernard 1897
Montipora gaimardi Bernard 1897
†Montipora gortanii Montanaro Gallitelli 1973
†Montipora grandis Schuster 2002
Montipora grisea Bernard 1897
Montipora hirsuta Nemenzo 1967
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Invalid names: Montipora patula Verrill 1869 [synonym]
Montipora hodgsoni Veron 2000
Montipora informis Bernard 1897
Montipora kellyi Veron 2000
Montipora lobulata Bernard 1897
Montipora mactanensis Nemenzo 1979
Montipora malampaya Nemenzo 1967
Montipora meandrina Ehrenberg 1834
†Montipora migatschevae Kuzmicheva 1987
Montipora millepora Crossland 1952
Montipora mollis Bernard 1897
Montipora niugini Veron 2000
Montipora nodosa Dana 1846
Montipora orientalis Nemenzo 1967
†Montipora pandolfii Bromfield 2013
Montipora peltiformis Bernard 1897
Montipora porites Veron 2000
Montipora samarensis Nemenzo 1967
Montipora saudii Veron 2000
†Montipora schencki Durham 1942
Montipora setosa Nemenzo 1976
†Montipora solida Bernard 1897
Montipora spongiosa Ehrenberg 1834
Montipora spongodes Bernard 1897
Montipora spumosa Lamarck 1816
Montipora stellata Bernard 1897
Montipora stilosa Ehrenberg 1834
†Montipora teresea Bromfield 2013
Montipora tuberculosa Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Montipora sinensis Bernard 1897 [synonym]
Montipora turgescens Bernard 1897
Montipora turtlensis Veron and Wallace 1984
Montipora undata Bernard 1897
Montipora venosa Ehrenberg 1834
Montipora verrilli Vaughan 1907
Montipora verrucosa Lamarck 1816
†Montipora wilsonae Bromfield 2013
G. †Palaestraeopora Kühn and Andrusov 1937
G. †Paretallonia Sikharulidze 1972
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†Paretallonia bendukidzeae Sikharulidze 1972
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Toarcian to the top of the Holocene or 180.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 175.6 Ma

Collections (1343 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Morocco Diplocoenia sp. (233562)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Madagascar (Toliara) Diplocoenia vongohensis (86482 86483)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian167.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Toliara) Diplocoenia ambigua (86479)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Georgia Paretallonia caloviensis (85937)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tunisia Diplocoenia tazerdunetensis (36664)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Adelocoenia minima (93094)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Argentina (Mendoza) Etallonasteria minima (98351)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Lorraine) Diplocoenia rotularis, Diplocoenia sanctimihieli (93188)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Argentina Etallonasteria sp. (184598)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Franche-Comte) Diplocoenia sanctimihieli (87801 93095)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Bourgogne) Cryptocoenia minima (93114)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian163.5 - 150.8China (Xizang) Etallonia sp. (116454)
Oxfordian - Tithonian163.5 - 145.0Russian Federation Diplocoenia stellata (213022)
Early/Lower Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Czech Republic Etallonasteria minima (61227)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Diplocoenia coespitosa (89999)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Etallonia minima (68374)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Morocco Etallonasteria sp. (138316)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Diplocoenia sp. (11084 11085)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Etallonasteria sp. (220890 220992 220993)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia (South Ossetia) Diplocoenia coespitosa (90002)