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Acropora digitifera

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

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

It was recombined as Acropora digitifera by Veron (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Madrepora digitifera Dana
2000Acropora digitifera Veron

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciesdigitifera(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.

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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 Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Acropora digitifera (102959 102960 102961 102962 102963 102964 102965 103066 103068)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Philippines (Ilocos Norte) Acropora digitifera (97518)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Acropora digitifera (96956 97293 97294 165205 165206 165207 165209 165210 165212)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Palau Acropora digitifera (97446 165213)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Acropora digitifera (96889 96891)