Pocillopora guadalupensis Durham 1980 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1980. A new fossil Pocillopora (coral) from Guadalupe Island, Mexico. The California Islands: Proceedings of a Multidisciplinary Symposium 63-70

Belongs to Pocillopora according to J. W. Durham 1980

See also López-Pérez 2005

Sister taxa: Pocillopora arnoldi, Pocillopora baracoaensis, Pocillopora capitata, Pocillopora crassoramosa, Pocillopora damicornis, Pocillopora elegans, Pocillopora eydouxi, Pocillopora guantanamensis, Pocillopora informis, Pocillopora jenkinsi, Pocillopora ligulata, Pocillopora maddenensis, Pocillopora madreporacea, Pocillopora palmata, Pocillopora robusta, Pocillopora verrucosa, Pocillopora woodjonesi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Isla de Guadalupe, which is in a Pleistocene perireef or subreef conglomerate/limestone in the Discovery Point Formation of Mexico

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (16 collections)

Total: 16 collections including 18 occurrences

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