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 baracoaensis, Pocillopora capitata, Pocillopora crassoramosa, Pocillopora damicornis, Pocillopora elegans, Pocillopora eydouxi, Pocillopora guadalupensis, Pocillopora informis, Pocillopora jenkinsi, Pocillopora ligulata, Pocillopora maddenensis, Pocillopora madreporacea, Pocillopora palmata, Pocillopora robusta, Pocillopora verrucosa, Pocillopora woodjonesi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Guantanamo, which is in an Oligocene reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Cuba
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Guantanamo
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