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Alveopora daedalea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora daedalea was named by Forskal (1775). It is extant.

It was recombined as Alveopora daedalea by Duncan (1863), Veron (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Madrepora daedalea Forskal
1863Alveopora daedalea Duncan p. 426
2000Alveopora daedalea Veron

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAlveoporaBlainville 1830
speciesdaedalea(Forskal 1775)

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.

Alveopora daedalea Forskal 1775
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Alveopora daedalea minor Duncan 1863
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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 Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Iran Alveopora daedalea (25257)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Alveopora daedalea (108813 108814 109128)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Indonesia Alveopora daedalea (109234)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Alveopora daedalea (71079)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indonesia Alveopora daedalea (42739)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Kalimantan) Alveopora daedalea (108807)