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Acropora aspera

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora aspera was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Acropora aspera by Wallace (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Madrepora aspera Dana
1846Madrepora hebes Dana
1918Acropora hebes Vaughan
1999Acropora aspera Wallace

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciesaspera(Dana 1846)

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 aspera Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora hebes Dana 1846 [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: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Acropora aspera (81575)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Acropora hebes (63136)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117New Caledonia Acropora aspera (109502)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Acropora aspera (97666 184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Acropora aspera (88574 88575 102974 103052 103055 103056 103058 103065 103071 103074 103075 103077)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India Acropora aspera (165793)