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Acropora pharaonis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora pharaonis was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1860). It is extant.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Madrepora pharaonis Milne-Edwards and Haime
1918Acropora pharaonis Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciespharaonis(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860)

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 pharaonis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860
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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 Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Acropora pharaonis (101414)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Kalimantan) Madrepora pharaonis (108807 108809)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Egypt Acropora pharaonis (120129)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Acropora pharaonis (102228)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Acropora pharaonis (120128)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Acropora pharaonis (80958 80962 80963 107972 201414 201472)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Acropora pharaonis (93827)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Reunion Acropora pharaonis (96888)