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Acropora millepora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Heteropora millepora was named by Ehrenberg (1834). It is extant.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Heteropora millepora Ehrenberg
1999Acropora millepora Wallace

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

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 millepora Ehrenberg 1834
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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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Fiji Acropora millepora (124829)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Niue Acropora millepora (106137)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Acropora millepora (103058 103060 103062 103064 103070 103071 103074)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Acropora millepora (97666)