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Pavona maldivensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Siderastrea maldivensis was named by Gardiner (1905). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pavona maldivensis by Vaughan (1918).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Siderastrea maldivensis Gardiner
1918Pavona maldivensis Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847
genusPavonaLamarck 1801
speciesmaldivensis(Gardiner 1905)

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 maldivensis Gardiner 1905
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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 Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Pavona maldivensis (109128)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Siderastrea maldivensis (71079)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Pavona maldivensis (42736)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA Minor Outlying Islands Pavona maldivensis (109623 109624)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) Pavona maldivensis (62805)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) Pavona maldivensis (85085)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Pitcairn Pavona maldivensis (85105 85106)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Pavona maldivensis (104934)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Pavona maldivensis (166497)