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Pachyseris speciosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Agaricia speciosa was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pachyseris speciosa by Vaughan (1918).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. exarata

Synonyms
  • Agaricia levicollis was named by Dana (1846).

    It was recombined as Pachyseris levicollis by van der Horst (1922); it was synonymized subjectively with Pachyseris speciosa by Sheppard (1987).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Agaricia levicollis Dana
1846Agaricia speciosa Dana
1918Pachyseris speciosa Vaughan
1922Pachyseris levicollis van der Horst

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847
genusPachyserisMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
speciesspeciosa(Dana 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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Invalid names: Pachyseris levicollis Dana 1846 [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 (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia Pachyseris speciosa (109041)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia Pachyseris speciosa (109445 109453)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Tanzania Pachyseris speciosa (202214)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia Pachyseris speciosa (108778)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Pachyseris speciosa (42736)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Pachyseris speciosa (108772)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Pachyseris speciosa (80954)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) Pachyseris speciosa (62802)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Taiwan Pachyseris speciosa (63139 63141)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Pachyseris speciosa (81582 87980)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117New Caledonia Pachyseris speciosa (90064)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Kalimantan) Pachyseris speciosa (108807)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia Pachyseris speciosa (104657)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Taiwan Pachyseris speciosa (63134)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Pachyseris speciosa (62769 62773)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Pachyseris speciosa (88040 88041 88042 88044 88050)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Pachyseris speciosa (104935)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Pachyseris speciosa (93827)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Pachyseris levicollis (90043)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Pachyseris speciosa (96956)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Pachyseris speciosa (166462 166487 166489 166492 166493 166494 166495 166498 167487)