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Pleuractis paumotensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae

Taxonomy
Fungia paumotensis was named by Stutchbury (1833). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pleuractis paumotensis by Kiessling (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Fungia paumotensis Stutchbury
1851Fungia danai Milne-Edwards and Haime
1946Fungia subpaumotensis Umbgrove
2014Pleuractis paumotensis Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyFungiicaeDana 1846
familyFungiidaeDana 1846
genusPleuractisVerrill 1864
speciespaumotensis(Stutchbury 1833)

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.

Pleuractis paumotensis Stutchbury 1833
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Invalid names: Fungia danai Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 [synonym], Fungia subpaumotensis Umbgrove 1946 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 10:27:34
Modified: 2008-02-04 12:31:23
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Fungia subpaumotensis (45343)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Aceh) Fungia paumotensis (63129)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Fungia paumotensis (63136)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt Fungia danai (120212) Fungia paumotensis (120205)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Fungia danai (167465 167487)