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Acropora tenella

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora tenella was named by Brook (1892). It is not extant.

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

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Madrepora tenella Brook
1973Acropora eibli Pillai and Scheer
2014Acropora tenella Santodomingo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciestenella(Brook 1892)

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 tenella Brook 1892
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Invalid names: Acropora eibli Pillai and Scheer 1973 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available