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Psammocora columna

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Psammocora columna was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Coscinaraea columna by Hoffmeister (1925).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Psammocora columna Dana
1925Coscinaraea columna Hoffmeister
2014Psammocora columna Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusPsammocoraDana 1846
speciescolumnaDana 1846

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.

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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 Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Coscinaraea columna (45343)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Coscinaraea columna (42736)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) Coscinaraea columna (85085 85086 85088 85089 85091 85094 85095 85098)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) Coscinaraea columna (85087)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Coscinaraea columna (88055)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Pitcairn Coscinaraea columna (85105)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Coscinaraea columna (62775)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt Coscinaraea columna (120203)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Coscinaraea columna (87876)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Coscinaraea columna (97666)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Coscinaraea columna (97528)