Pocillopora palmata Palmer 1928 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Belongs to Pocillopora according to R. A. López-Pérez 2005

See also Budd et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Pocillopora arnoldi, Pocillopora baracoaensis, 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 robusta, Pocillopora verrucosa, Pocillopora woodjonesi

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Barbados (5 collections), Cayman Islands (4), the Netherlands Antilles (6)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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