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Acropora lamarcki

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Acropora lamarcki was named by Veron (2000). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Madrepora corymbosa was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Acropora corymbosa by Marenzeller (1906); it was synonymized subjectively with Acropora lamarcki by Veron (2000).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Madrepora corymbosa Lamarck
1906Acropora corymbosa Marenzeller
2000Acropora lamarcki Veron

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

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 lamarcki Veron 2000
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Invalid names: Acropora corymbosa Lamarck 1816 [synonym]
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: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles Acropora corymbosa (81009 81011)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Acropora corymbosa (90051)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Acropora corymbosa (102228)