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Acropora austera

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

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

It was recombined as Acropora austera by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Madrepora austera Dana
2005Acropora austera Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciesaustera(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 austera Dana 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available