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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
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 Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (277 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Acropora cervicornis (41068)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Acropora cervicornis (120362 120389 120390 120392 120396)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Acropora cervicornis (35026)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Netherlands Antilles Acropora cervicornis (41032 41033 41034 41035)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Acropora cervicornis (71367 71374 71384 71385 71386 71387 71389 71395 71396 71397 71398 71409 71410)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Acropora cervicornis (34539 34540)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti Acropora muricata (60898)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica Acropora cervicornis (34543)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Bahamas Acropora cervicornis (73652 73659 73660 73661 73662)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles Acropora cervicornis (41036 41038 41039 41040 41041 41042 41043 41044 41045 41046 41047 41048 41050 41051)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Bahamas Acropora cervicornis (73663)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Costa Rica Acropora cervicornis (71411 71415 71417 71419)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Netherlands Antilles Acropora cervicornis (41054 41055 41056 41057)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Jamaica Acropora cervicornis (34541)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Acropora cervicornis (73629 120200 120202 120216 120217 120219 120273 120275 120276 120277 120278 120279 120280 120282 120284 120287 120288 120354)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bahamas Acropora cervicornis (73666 73667 73669)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Jamaica Acropora cervicornis (34542)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Acropora cervicornis (71721 71722 73617 73619 73625)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Acropora muricata (75418 75422 75423 75424)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles Acropora cervicornis (209176 209184)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Turks and Caicos Islands Acropora cervicornis (165872)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Acropora muricata (60881 60891 60892 60893 75301)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.781 - 0.126Barbados Acropora cervicornis (88832 88863 88865)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Barbados Acropora cervicornis (102439 102440 102441 102442 102443 102444 102445 102446 102447 102448 102449 102450 102451 102452 102453 102454 102455 102456 102457 102458 102459 102460 102461 102463 102464 102466 102467 102469 102470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Bahamas Acropora cervicornis (102633 102635 102637 102639 102641 102643 102645 102647 102649 102651 102653)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Bahamas Acropora cervicornis (88949 88952 89418)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Venezuela Acropora cervicornis (83665)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) Acropora cervicornis (82819 82820 127185)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Acropora cervicornis (81108 85457 102945 102946 102950)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Guadeloupe Acropora cervicornis (189821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Colombia Acropora cervicornis (102766 102767 102768 102769 102770 102771 102772 102773 102774 102775 102776 102777 102778 102779 102780 102781 102782 102783 102784 102785 102786 102789 102792)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles Acropora cervicornis (80903 80904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Barbados Acropora cervicornis (102421 102422 102424 102425 102426 102427 102428 102429 102430 102431 102432 102433 102434 102435 102436 102437 102438)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Virgin Islands, U.S. Acropora cervicornis (119928)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) Acropora cervicornis (102661 102666 102667 102668 102669 102683 102690 102691 102693 102694 102696 102698 102700 102701 102702 102703 102704 102705 102706 102707 102708)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Acropora cervicornis (103529 103530 103531 103533 103534 103535 103724 103725 103726 103728 103729 103730 103732 103733)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Acropora cervicornis (34518 34519 34520)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Belize Acropora cervicornis (80909 80910 80912 88824 88825 88826)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Barbados Acropora cervicornis (83670 102409 102410 102411 102412 102413 102414 102415 102416 102417 102418 102419 102420)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Jamaica Acropora cervicornis (80611 80612 176403 176404 176406 176407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Virgin Islands, British Acropora cervicornis (209870 209871)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Acropora cervicornis (97606 97607 97608 97609)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. Acropora cervicornis (97624)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda Acropora cervicornis (97611)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Belize Acropora cervicornis (97612 97707)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Acropora cervicornis (166461)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Antilles Acropora cervicornis (97604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands Acropora cervicornis (97605)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Acropora cervicornis (165794)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Acropora cervicornis (97552 97553 97555 165218 165219)