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Acropora squarrosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Heteropora squarrosa was named by Ehrenberg (1834).

It was recombined as Madrepora squarrosa by Osberger (1954); it was recombined as Acropora squarrosa by Kiessling (2008).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Heteropora squarrosa Ehrenberg
1954Madrepora squarrosa Osberger
2008Acropora squarrosa Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciessquarrosa(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 squarrosa Ehrenberg 1834
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available