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Acropora hemprichii

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Heteropora hemprichii was named by Ehrenberg (1834). It is extant.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Heteropora hemprichii Ehrenberg
1999Acropora hemprichii Wallace

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
specieshemprichii(Ehrenberg 1834)

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 hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available