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Acropora gemmifera

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora gemmifera was named by Brook (1892). It is extant.

It was recombined as Acropora gemmifera by Vaughan (1918), Kiessling (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Madrepora scherzeriana Brüggemann
1892Madrepora gemmifera Brook
1918Acropora gemmifera Vaughan
1918Acropora scherzeriana Vaughan
2003Acropora gemmifera Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciesgemmifera(Brook 1892)

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 gemmifera Brook 1892
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Invalid names: Acropora scherzeriana Brüggemann 1877 [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 Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Pitcairn Acropora gemmifera (85105)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Acropora gemmifera (184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Acropora gemmifera (90044) Acropora scherzeriana (90053 90056)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Acropora gemmifera (34475 103251 103252 103253 103255 103257 103258 103259 103260 103261 103262 103263 103264 103265 103266 103267 103268 103269 103270)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Acropora gemmifera (103068)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Acropora gemmifera (165206 165207 165209)