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Acropora gemmifera

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora gemmifera was named by Brook (1892). It is extant.

It was recombined as Acropora gemmifera by Vaughan (1918) and Kiessling (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Madrepora scherzeriana Brüggemann
1892Madrepora gemmifera Brook
1918Acropora gemmifera Vaughan
1918Acropora scherzeriana Vaughan
2003Acropora gemmifera Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciesgemmifera(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 gemmifera Brook 1892
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Invalid names: Acropora scherzeriana Brüggemann 1877 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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