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Pocillopora arnoldi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Taxonomy

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Pocillopora arnoldi Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842
genusPocilloporaLamarck 1816
speciesarnoldi

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.

Pocillopora arnoldi Vaughan 1919
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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 Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 33.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica Pocillopora arnoldi (69724)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Venezuela Pocillopora arnoldi (87067)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Jamaica Pocillopora arnoldi (69725)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Pocillopora arnoldi (60261 60262 60264)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela Pocillopora arnoldi (87050)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Trinidad and Tobago Pocillopora arnoldi (27593)