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Acropora valida

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora valida was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Acropora valida by Wallace (1999).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Madrepora valida Dana
1879Madrepora variabilis Klunzinger
1902Acropora dissimilis Verrill
1906Acropora variabilis Marenzeller
1999Acropora valida Wallace

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciesvalida(Dana 1846)

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 valida Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora dissimilis Verrill 1902 [synonym], Acropora variabilis Klunzinger 1879 [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: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Indonesia Acropora valida (164744 164760)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Pitcairn Acropora valida (85106)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt Acropora valida (120203)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Acropora variabilis (90044 90051)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Acropora valida (97666)