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Acropora florida

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

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

It was recombined as Acropora florida by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Madrepora florida Dana
1846Madrepora gravida Dana
1888Madrepora brachyclados Ortmann
1890Madrepora compressa Bassett-Smith
1891Madrepora polymorpha Brook
1893Madrepora affinis Brook
1967Acropora multiramosa Nemenzo
2005Acropora florida Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciesflorida(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 florida Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora multiramosa Nemenzo 1967 [synonym], Madrepora affinis Brook 1893 [synonym], Madrepora brachyclados Ortmann 1888 [synonym], Madrepora compressa Bassett-Smith 1890 [synonym], Madrepora gravida Dana 1846 [synonym], Madrepora polymorpha Brook 1891 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available