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Isopora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Acropora (Isopora) Studer
1999Acropora (Isopora) Wallace p. 363
2008Isopora Budd and Wallace

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusIsopora(Studer 1878)

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.

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
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 Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (126 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Fiji I. sp. A (124829)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Indonesia I. matahari (164741 164781)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Fiji I. sp. A, I. cuneata (124831)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Indonesia I. brueggemanni (164753)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Netherlands Antilles I. curacaoensis (41032) I. curacaoensis, I. ginsburgi (41033) I. ginsburgi (41034)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Acropora brueggemanni, Acropora palifera (42736)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Niue Acropora cuneata, Acropora palifera (106137)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) I. hispida (109670)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles I. curacaoensis, I. ginsburgi (41036 41038 41039 41048) I. ginsburgi (41040 41041 41042 41043 41044)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Netherlands Antilles I. ginsburgi (89552)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan Acropora palifera (87989)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Acropora palifera (81578 81580 87892 87893 87894 87979 87980 87983 87985 87987 87988) Acropora palifera, Acropora crateriformis (87998)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia (Maluku) Acropora palifera (127815)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Acropora palifera (62770 62775)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Pitcairn Acropora palifera (85105)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Acropora palifera (88039 88040 88048 88051 88054 88055)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) Acropora palifera (80730 80738 80793 80797)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Maldives I. palifera (83646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Acropora palifera (44901 44902 44903 44904 44909 44911 81090)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Acropora palifera (88574 88576 88593 88594 102960 102962 102963 102964 102965 102969 103056 103065 103067 103068)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Acropora cuneata (97666) Acropora palifera (80724) I. palifera (184506) I. sp. (184507 184511)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles Acropora palifera (80966 81006 81007 81009 81011)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Acropora cuneata (103264) Acropora cuneata, Acropora palifera (34475 103255 103256 103257 103258 103259 103260 103261 103262 103263 103265 103266 103267 103268 103269 103270) Acropora palifera (34476 103253)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Acropora hispida (90051) Acropora palifera (90042 90058) Acropora plicata (90044)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Acropora palifera (88595 88596)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Acropora palifera (97445)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Acropora palifera (97296 97322)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Acropora palifera, I. cuneata (97408)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Acropora palifera (97413)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Taiwan I. palifera (193360 193361 193362 193364 193366)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Acropora palifera (96956 97293) I. palifera (165205 165207 165209 165210 165212)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Acropora palifera (97429 97430 97437 97438)