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Pocillopora baracoaensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Taxonomy
Pocillopora baracoaensis was named by Vaughan (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baracoa, station 3476, which is in a Pliocene perireef or subreef marl in Cuba.

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Pocillopora baracoaensis Vaughan

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

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 baracoaensis 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 Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 15.97000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Grenada Pocillopora baracoaensis (58677 58681)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Cuba Pocillopora baracoaensis (type locality: 124532)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Pocillopora baracoaensis (79958)