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Alveopora polyacantha

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Alveopora polyacantha was named by Reuss (1867).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. matheroni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Alveopora polyacantha Reuss

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAlveoporaBlainville 1830
speciespolyacanthaReuss 1867

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.

†Alveopora polyacantha Reuss 1867
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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 Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 56.00000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Marshall Islands Alveopora polyacantha (45364)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Java) Alveopora polyacantha (62860)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Malaysia Alveopora polyacantha (45350)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Marshall Islands Alveopora polyacantha (45365 45378)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Alveopora polyacantha (89076)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (Auckland) Alveopora polyacantha (85527)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Australia (Queensland) Alveopora polyacantha (71260)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Alveopora polyacantha (42224)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Alveopora polyacantha (108813 108814)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) Alveopora polyacantha (45342)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji Alveopora polyacantha (124833)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Alveopora polyacantha (45343)