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Acropora humilis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

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

It was recombined as Acropora humilis by Wallace (1999) and Veron (2000).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Madrepora humilis Dana
1999Acropora humilis Wallace
2000Acropora humilis Veron

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
specieshumilis(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 humilis Dana 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 10:22:56
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:22:56
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (71 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Marshall Islands Acropora humilis (45359)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Niue Acropora humilis (106137)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Acropora humilis (80954)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Acropora humilis (87898 87976 87977 87981 87983)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Acropora humilis (88047 88052)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129French Polynesia Acropora humilis (97465 97466)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) Acropora humilis (80730 80793 80795 80797 80798)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Niue Acropora humilis (106136)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Maldives Acropora humilis (83646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Acropora humilis (97467 97469)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Acropora humilis (88574 88575 88576 88593 88594 102960 102963 102964 102965 102966 102967 102969 102970 102971 102972 102973 102975 103050 103051 103052 103053 103054 103055 103056 103058 103063 103065 103066 103067 103074)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Acropora humilis (80955 80962 80963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Acropora humilis (184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu Acropora humilis (89168)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles Acropora humilis (80966 81007)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Acropora humilis (80801 97322)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Acropora humilis (97437 97438)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Acropora humilis (97463 97470)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Maldives Acropora humilis (96927)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Seychelles Acropora humilis (96926)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Acropora humilis (96925)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Palau Acropora humilis (97446)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Acropora humilis (97445)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Acropora humilis (96889)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Northern Mariana Islands Acropora humilis (97443)