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Acropora abrotanoides

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora abrotanoides was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant.

It was recombined as Acropora abrotanoides by Vaughan (1918).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Madrepora abrotanoides Lamarck
1860Madrepora crassa Milne Edwards
1860Madrepora danai Milne-Edwards and Haime
1892Madrepora irregularis Brook
1906Acropora mangarevensis Vaughan
1918Acropora abrotanoides Vaughan
1925Acropora tutuilensis Hoffmeister
2005Acropora irregularis Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciesabrotanoides(Lamarck 1816)

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 abrotanoides Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Acropora danai Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 [synonym], Acropora irregularis Brook 1892 [synonym], Acropora mangarevensis Vaughan 1906 [synonym], Acropora tutuilensis Hoffmeister 1925 [synonym], Madrepora crassa Milne Edwards 1860 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available