Living Beings

    genus · Scientific classification

    Acropora

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    Source-identified Acropora millepora; Documentary organism photograph. Framed for display
    Acropora millepora · Petra Lundgren, Juan C Vera, Lesa Peplow, Stephanie Manel and Madeleine JH van Oppen. · CC BY 4.0

    Classification in context

    Lineage

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomAnimalia
    4. PhylumCnidaria
    5. ClassAnthozoa
    6. OrderScleractinia
    7. FamilyAcroporidae
    8. GenusAcropora
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Eukaryota domain
    3. Opisthokonta clade
    4. Metazoa kingdom
    5. Eumetazoa clade
    6. Cnidaria phylum
    7. Anthozoa class
    8. Hexacorallia subclass
    9. Scleractinia order
    10. Refertina suborder
    11. Acroporidae family
    12. Acropora genus

    NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗

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    Principal members

    1 published profile in this branch.

    Acropora millepora · species

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    Published profiles

    Source-identified Acropora millepora; Documentary organism photograph. Framed for display
    Species · Acropora

    Acropora millepora

    Acropora millepora

    Acropora millepora is a branching reef-building coral. A colony contains many connected polyps, and its functioning depends on interactions between the animal, …