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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
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 (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Acropora smithi (63135)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) Acropora robusta (80738 80793)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Pitcairn Acropora robusta (85106)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Maldives Acropora robusta (83646)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt Acropora robusta (120205)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Acropora robusta (80724 97666 184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Acropora robusta (88576 88593 102959 102960 102962 102963 102969 102970 103050 103061)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Acropora robusta (97467)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Philippines (Ilocos Norte) Acropora robusta (97518)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mayotte Acropora robusta (96924)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Palau Acropora robusta (165213)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Acropora robusta (96925)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Seychelles Acropora robusta (96926)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Acropora robusta (96889)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Acropora robusta (97463 97464 97470)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Acropora robusta (96956 165205 165207 165209)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Acropora robusta (97322)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Acropora robusta (97438)