Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
taxon inquirendum according WoRMS https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1290041
Belongs to Pocillopora according to Duncan 1864
Sister taxa: Pocillopora arnoldi, Pocillopora baracoaensis, Pocillopora capitata, Pocillopora damicornis, Pocillopora elegans, Pocillopora eydouxi, Pocillopora guadalupensis, Pocillopora guantanamensis, Pocillopora informis, Pocillopora jenkinsi, Pocillopora ligulata, Pocillopora maddenensis, Pocillopora madreporacea, Pocillopora palmata, Pocillopora robusta, Pocillopora verrucosa, Pocillopora woodjonesi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2 collections), Jamaica (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (5), Panama (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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