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Acropora pulchra

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora pulchra was named by Brook (1891). It is extant.

It was recombined as Acropora pulchra by Vaughan (1918).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Madrepora pulchra Brook
1918Acropora pulchra Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciespulchra(Brook 1891)

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 pulchra Brook 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available