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Acropora horrida

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

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

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Madrepora horrida Dana
1886Madrepora angulata Quelch
1981Madrepora inermis Brook
1990Acropora sekiseiensis Veron
2005Acropora horrida 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
specieshorrida(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 horrida Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Acropora sekiseiensis Veron 1990 [synonym], Madrepora angulata Quelch 1886 [synonym], Madrepora inermis Brook 1981 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available