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Acropora yongei

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Acropora yongei was named by Veron and Wallace (1984). It is extant.

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

Synonyms
  • Madrepora haimei was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1860). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1.

    It was recombined as Acropora haimei by Edwards and Haime (1848) and Marenzeller (1907); it was synonymized subjectively with Acropora yongei by Veron and Wallace (1984).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Acropora haimei Edwards and Haime
1860Madrepora haimei Milne-Edwards and Haime
1907Acropora haimei Marenzeller
1984Acropora yongei Veron and Wallace p. 293

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

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 yongei Veron and Wallace 1984
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Invalid names: Acropora haimei Milne-Edwards and Haime 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: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Acropora haimei (63136)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Acropora haimei (80963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Acropora haimei (90058)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Acropora haimei (102228)