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Acropora samoensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora samoensis was named by Brook (1891). It is extant.

It was recombined as Acropora samoensis by Wallace (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Madrepora samoensis Brook
1990Acropora wallaceae Veron
1999Acropora samoensis Wallace

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciessamoensis(Brook 1891)

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 samoensis Brook 1891
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Invalid names: Acropora wallaceae Veron 1990 [synonym]
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 Chattian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Malaysia Acropora samoensis (164786)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Indonesia Acropora samoensis (164784 164785)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Indonesia Acropora samoensis (164629)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Indonesia Acropora samoensis (164626)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Indonesia Acropora samoensis (164783)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Niue Acropora samoensis (106136)