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Acropora robusta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

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

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. bonelli, A. laurae, A. macrocalyx, A. saillans, A. suwanneensis, A. upchurchi

Synonyms
  • Madrepora smithi was named by Brook (1893). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Acropora smithi by Yabe and Sugiyama (1935); it was synonymized subjectively with Acropora robusta by Wallace (1999).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Madrepora robusta Dana
1893Madrepora smithi Brook
1935Acropora smithi Yabe and Sugiyama
1999Acropora robusta Wallace

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciesrobusta(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 robusta Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Madrepora smithi Brook 1893 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available