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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
A. bonelli, A. laurae, A. macrocalyx, A. saillans, A. suwanneensis, A. upchurchi

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
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 Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.62000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Indonesia Acropora horrida (164753 164758)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Indonesia Acropora horrida (164756 164757)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indonesia Acropora horrida (164759)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Acropora horrida (42736)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Indonesia Acropora horrida (164760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Acropora horrida (87873 87876)