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Acropora valida

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

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

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Madrepora valida Dana
1879Madrepora variabilis Klunzinger
1902Acropora dissimilis Verrill
1906Acropora variabilis Marenzeller
1999Acropora valida Wallace

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciesvalida(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 valida Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora dissimilis Verrill 1902 [synonym], Acropora variabilis Klunzinger 1879 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available