Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Full reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1919. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 103:189-524
Belongs to Pocillopora according to T. W. Vaughan 1919
Sister taxa: Pocillopora arnoldi, Pocillopora capitata, Pocillopora crassoramosa, 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baracoa, station 3476, which is in a Pliocene perireef or subreef marl in Cuba
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Cuba (1 collection), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Grenada (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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