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Alveopora

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Description

Alveopora is a genus of colonial stony corals in the family Acroporidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region and are often found on reef slopes in turbid water. They are generally uncommon.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveopora, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2260426	https://www.gbif.org/species/2260426
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	6137	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6137

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : Alveopora

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Alveopora

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Zoantharia	de Blainville 1830
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Fungiina	Verrill 1865
superfamily	Poriticae	Gray 1842
family	Poritidae	Gray 1842
genus	Alveopora	Blainville 1830

Scientific Name

Alveopora Blainville, 1830

Name Published In

de Blainville H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement a l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. Paris, 1830. 60 : 1-546.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Alveopora	genus	belongs to Poritidae	stated with evidence	Veron, 2000
Alveopora	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

6 (33%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

marine (based on Poritidae)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Poritidae)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Poritidae)

Reproduction

alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Poritidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Common Name(s)

アワサンゴ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveopora

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Alveopora allingi species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Alveopora atarensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Alveopora catalai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alveopora chiapanecae species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	33.9 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Alveopora daedalea species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Alveopora daxensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Alveopora deningeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Alveopora excelsa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alveopora explanata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alveopora fenestrata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Alveopora gigas species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alveopora gracilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alveopora japonica species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Alveopora jessicae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Alveopora marionensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alveopora matheroni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alveopora meridionalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alveopora micropora ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Alveopora microsopica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alveopora minuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alveopora molengraaffi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alveopora ocellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alveopora octoformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alveopora oliveri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Alveopora polyacantha species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	56.0 Ma Paleocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Alveopora retepora species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alveopora rubra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alveopora rudis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		21	38.0 Ma Eocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Alveopora somaliensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	23.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Alveopora spongiosa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Alveopora superficialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alveopora tampae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	33.9 Ma Oligocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Alveopora tizardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alveopora verrilliana species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Alveopora viridis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Porastrea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : *Porastrea*
Favositopora Saville-Kent, 1870	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : *Favositopora*
Diechorea Woods, 1879	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : *Diechorea*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1830	Alveopora Blainville
2000	Alveopora Veron p. 380
2002	Alveopora Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Veron J.E.N. (2000) , Corals of the World

Wells, John W., 1986: null. A List of Scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1985, (special issue). 69. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Dunn, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Dai CF, Horng S (2009) Scleractinia fauna of Taiwan. I. The complex group. National Taiwan University, Taipei, pp. 1-172. - via World Register of Marine Species

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Veron, J. E. N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers. - via World Register of Marine Species

Kitano, Y. F.; Benzoni, F.; Arrigoni, R.; Shirayama, Y.; Wallace, C. C.; Fukami, H. (2014). A Phylogeny of the Family Poritidae (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) Based on Molecular and Morphological Analyses. PLoS ONE. 9(5): e98406. - via World Register of Marine Species

Dict. Sci. Nat., 60 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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