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Isopora palifera

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Astrea palifera was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant.

It was recombined as Acropora palifera by Vaughan (1918); it was recombined as Isopora palifera by Wallace et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Astrea palifera Lamarck
1918Acropora palifera Vaughan
2007Isopora palifera Wallace et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusIsopora(Studer 1878)
speciespalifera(Lamarck 1816)

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.

Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816
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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 (101 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Niue Acropora palifera (106137)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Papua New Guinea Acropora palifera (42736)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan Acropora palifera (87989)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Japan Acropora palifera (81578 81580 87892 87893 87894 87979 87980 87983 87985 87987 87988 87998)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indonesia (Maluku) Acropora palifera (127815)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Pitcairn Acropora palifera (85105)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) Acropora palifera (80730 80738 80793 80797)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Acropora palifera (62770 62775)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Acropora palifera (88039 88040 88048 88051 88054 88055)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Maldives Isopora palifera (83646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Acropora palifera (90042 90058)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Acropora palifera (34475 34476 103253 103255 103256 103257 103258 103259 103260 103261 103262 103263 103265 103266 103267 103268 103269 103270)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Acropora palifera (44901 44902 44903 44904 44909 44911 81090)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles Acropora palifera (80966 81006 81007 81009 81011)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Acropora palifera (88595 88596)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Acropora palifera (80724) Isopora palifera (184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Acropora palifera (88574 88576 88593 88594 102960 102962 102963 102964 102965 102969 103056 103065 103067 103068)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Acropora palifera (97408)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Acropora palifera (97445)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Acropora palifera (97296 97322)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Acropora palifera (97429 97430 97437 97438)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Acropora palifera (96956 97293) Isopora palifera (165205 165207 165209 165210 165212)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Taiwan Isopora palifera (193360 193361 193362 193364 193366)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Acropora palifera (97413)