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Pavona varians

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Pavona varians was named by Verrill (1864). It is extant.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Pavona varians Verrill
1898Pavona intermedia Gardiner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847
genusPavonaLamarck 1801
speciesvariansVerrill 1864

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 varians Verrill 1864
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Invalid names: Pavona intermedia Gardiner 1898 [synonym]
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 Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia Pavona varians (86769)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Pavona varians (42736)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Aceh) Pavona varians (63129)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Hawaii) Pavona varians (105531)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Pavona varians (87981)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Hawaii) Pavona varians (89410)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Pavona varians (97666)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Pavona varians (102228)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Pavona intermedia (90055)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Pavona varians (104933 104934 104935 104936)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Pavona varians (97528)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Pavona varians (96956)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Hawaii) Pavona varians (97452)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Pavona varians (97521)