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Acropora tortuosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora tortuosa was named by Dana (1846). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Acropora tortuosa by Santodomingo (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Madrepora implicata Dana
1846Madrepora tortuosa Dana
2014Acropora tortuosa Santodomingo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciestortuosa(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 tortuosa Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Madrepora implicata Dana 1846 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available