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Acropora nasuta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

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

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. bonelli, A. laurae, A. macrocalyx, A. saillans, A. suwanneensis, A. upchurchi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Madrepora nasuta Dana
1999Acropora nasuta Wallace

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciesnasuta(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 nasuta Dana 1846
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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: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Acropora nasuta (184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Acropora nasuta (88593 102960 102963 102965)