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Acropora elegans

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora elegans was named by Milne Edwards (1860). It is not extant.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Madrepora elegans Milne Edwards
1971Acropora magnifica Nemenzo
2014Acropora elegans Santodomingo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
specieselegans(Milne Edwards 1860)

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 elegans Milne Edwards 1860
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Invalid names: Acropora magnifica Nemenzo 1971 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available