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Acropora orbicularis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora orbicularis was named by Brook (1892). It is extant.

It was recombined as Acropora orbicularis by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Madrepora orbicularis Brook
2005Acropora orbicularis 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
speciesorbicularis(Brook 1892)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available