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Psammocora stellata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Stephanocora stellata was named by Verrill (1866). It is extant.

It was recombined as Psammocora (Stephanaria) stellata by López-Pérez (2005); it was recombined as Psammocora stellata by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Stephanocora stellata Verrill
2005Psammocora stellata Inskipp et al.
2005Psammocora (Stephanaria) stellata López-Pérez p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusPsammocoraDana 1846
speciesstellata(Verrill 1866)

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 stellata Verrill 1866
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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 Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Mexico (Baja California Sur) Psammocora stellata (119914)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Psammocora stellata (119912 119920 119923)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Costa Rica Psammocora stellata (97519)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Psammocora stellata (97520 165865 165866 165867)