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Psammocora trinitatis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Psammocora trinitatis was named by Vaughan (1926).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Psammocora trinitatis Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Life
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusPsammocoraDana 1846
speciestrinitatisVaughan 1926

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.

Psammocora trinitatis Vaughan 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 07:27:06
Modified: 2008-01-28 09:27:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Messinian or 13.82000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago Psammocora trinitatis (27586 27588 27591 27594 27595)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Panama Psammocora trinitatis (120402 120406 120410)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Bahamas Psammocora trinitatis (73643 73645)