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Pavona minuta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Pavona minuta was named by Wells (1954). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Pavona minuta Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847
genusPavonaLamarck 1801
speciesminutaWells 1954

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.

Pavona minuta Wells 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) Pavona minuta (85085 85086 85088 85089 85090 85091 85093 85094 85098)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) Pavona minuta (85087)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Pavona minuta (88054)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Pavona minuta (62776)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Pavona minuta (80955 80962 80963)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Pavona minuta (96956 165206 165207 165209)