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Alveopora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Alveopora was named by Blainville (1830) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Poritidae by Veron (2000) and López-Pérez (2005); and to Acroporidae by Kitahara et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Alveopora Blainville
2000Alveopora Veron p. 380
2002Alveopora Sepkoski
2005Alveopora López-Pérez p. 82
2010Alveopora Kitahara et al.

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

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.

G. Alveopora Blainville 1830
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Alveopora allingi Hoffmeister 1925
†Alveopora atarensis Altuna et al. 2007
†Alveopora chiapanecae Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
Alveopora daedalea Forskal 1775
†Alveopora daedalea minor Duncan 1863
†Alveopora daxensis Chevalier 1961
†Alveopora deningeri Gerth 1910
Alveopora fenestrata Lamarck 1816
Alveopora japonica Eguchi 1968
†Alveopora jessicae Bromfield 2013
†Alveopora micropora Felix 1921
†Alveopora oliveri Bromfield 2013
†Alveopora polyacantha Reuss 1867
†Alveopora rudis Reuss 1864
†Alveopora somaliensis Azzaroli 1958
†Alveopora tampae Weisbord 1973
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.2 Ma

Collections (137 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2China (Tibet) A. sp. (215947)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0India (Gujarat) A. verrilliana (171803)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Italy A. sp. (24270)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Marshall Islands A. polyacantha (45364)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Slovenia A. sp. (75473)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Aragón) A. atarensis (78649 78660)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.3 - 33.9Jamaica A. sp. A (69727)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Panama A. sp. (7274)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy A. rudis (13354)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain A. sp. (152582)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) A. rudis (10703 10963)
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1Greece A. sp. (166722)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Slovenia A. sp. (122231)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica A. sp. A, A. tampae (69724)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy (Veneto) A. rudis (91634 91645 91652 91655)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Indonesia A. sp. (61740)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Italy A. rudis (69939 69940 69941 69943 69944 69949 69950 69951 69953 69964 69965 86953)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) A. chiapanecae (34502 34503)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Puerto Rico A. sp. (45404)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Jamaica A. sp. A, A. tampae (69725)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda A. tampae (94182)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Venezuela A. tampae (87067 87096)
Chattian - Rupelian28.1 - 28.1Greece A. sp. (166723 166724)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) A. chiapanecae (34504 34505) A. sp. A (203919) A. sp. A, A. tampae (203918 203920)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda A. sp. A, A. tampae (203879) A. tampae (203875 203876)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Iran A. sp. (41076)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France A. elegans (70067) A. elegans, A. discors, A. intricata (163836)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Mexico (Chiapas) A. chiapanecae (31271)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Georgia) A. sp. (71115)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Italy A. rudis (27546 69702) A. sp. (25374 211273 211274 211275)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) A. tampae (92509 123677)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Japan A. sp. (34874)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France A. matheroni, A. meridionalis, A. intricata (161396) A. sp. (70315)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Colombia A. tampae (201392 201393 201394 201395 201396 211329 211330)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Java) A. sp., A. polyacantha (62860)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Somalia A. somaliensis (79079 79099)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia A. ailingi, A. fenestrata (86769)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia A. sp. (109013 164722)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Marshall Islands A. polyacantha (45365 45378)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Malaysia A. polyacantha (45350)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Indonesia (Java) A. sp. (34721)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Aquitaine) A. daxensis (70203)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France A. discors, A. daxensis (163838)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran A. daedalea, A. deningeri (25257) A. sp. (25258)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Fiji A. spongiosa (124829)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt A. sp. (79595)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (Auckland) A. polyacantha (85527)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand A. polyacantha (89076)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) A. n. sp. A, A. jessicae (124821 124823) A. n. sp. B, A. oliveri (124822)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Somalia A. somaliensis (79082)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) A. polycantha (62861)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Australia (Queensland) A. polyacantha (71260)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Madagascar A. gracilis (51586)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) A. polyacantha (42224)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) A. polyacantha (45342)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia A. daedalea (109128) A. deningeri (109047) A. micropora (109007 109008) A. polyacantha, A. daedalea (108813 108814)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia A. daedalea (109234)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji A. polyacantha (124833)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) A. sp., A. polyacantha (45343)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia A. sp. (108778)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia A. catalai (108775) A. daedalea, A. verrilliana (71079) A. sp. (108772 108773)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea A. verrilliana (42736)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan A. sp. (34878) A. verrilliana (34877)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia (South Sulawesi) A. sp. A (124784)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) A. spongiosa (85098)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia A. daedalea (42739)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Kalimantan) A. daedalea (108807)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) A. verrilliana (63135)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan A. verrilliana (63137)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129French Polynesia A. allingi (97465)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu A. sp. (89441)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia A. allingi (97468) A. sp. (97469)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) A. verrilliana (184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya A. sp. (44905 63170)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efaté) A. sp., A. spongiosa (109173)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan A. sp. (88595 88596)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia A. sp. (97413)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius A. sp. (96890)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) A. japonica (97528)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Seychelles A. sp. (96926)