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Porites divaricata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

Taxonomy
Porites divaricata was named by Lesueur (1820). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Porites divaricata Lesueur

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyPoriticaeGray 1842
familyPoritidae
genusPoritesLink 1807
speciesdivaricataLesueur 1820

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Porites divaricata Lesueur 1820
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 11:33:30
Modified: 2008-02-04 13:33:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Porites divaricata (34540)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) Porites divaricata (85449)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bahamas Porites divaricata (73657)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Porites divaricata (120273 120278)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados Porites divaricata (102445)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Porites divaricata (85457 102945 102949 102952)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Porites divaricata (80855 80856 103503 103504 103505 103506 103507 103508 103510)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) Porites divaricata (102669)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Barbados Porites divaricata (102411 102412 102413 102416 102417 102420)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) Porites divaricata (82858)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Porites divaricata (97610)