Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Belongs to Pocillopora according to R. A. López-Pérez 2005
See also Vaughan 1918
Sister taxa: Pocillopora arnoldi, Pocillopora baracoaensis, Pocillopora capitata, Pocillopora crassoramosa, Pocillopora damicornis, 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:
• Quaternary of Guam (1 collection), Mexico (5)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.