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Acropora pulchra

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora pulchra was named by Brook (1891). It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Madrepora pulchra Brook
1918Acropora pulchra Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciespulchra(Brook 1891)

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 pulchra Brook 1891
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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 Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Niue Acropora pulchra (106137)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Taiwan Acropora pulchra (63134)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Acropora pulchra (90042)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Acropora pulchra (167465 167487)