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Porites solida

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora solida was named by Forskal (1775). It is extant. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 738, Coyote Mountain, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in the Imperial Formation of California.

It was recombined as Porites solida by Klunzinger (1879); it was recombined as Goniastrea solida by Gardiner (1904).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Madrepora solida Forskal
1879Porites solida Klunzinger
1904Goniastrea solida Gardiner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyPoriticaeGray 1842
familyPoritidae
genusPoritesLink 1807
speciessolida(Forskal 1775)

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 solida Forskal 1775
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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 Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Porites solida (163837)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia Porites solida (86769)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia Porites solida (109216 109219)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt Porites solida (96759)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Egypt Porites solida (96760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Porites solida, Goniastrea solida (93827)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Porites solida (80962 80963 107972 201414)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Porites solida (120128)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Porites solida (97322)