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Acropora cervicornis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

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

It was recombined as Acropora cervicornis by De Buisonjé (1974) and Kiessling (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Madrepora cervicornis Lamarck
1974Acropora cervicornis De Buisonjé p. 220
2008Acropora cervicornis Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciescervicornis(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 cervicornis Lamarck 1816
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available