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Porites cylindrica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

Taxonomy
Porites cylindrica was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Porites cylindrica Dana
1918Porites andrewsi Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyPoriticaeGray 1842
familyPoritidae
genusPoritesLink 1807
speciescylindricaDana 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: Porites andrewsi Vaughan 1918 [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: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 11:33:30
Modified: 2008-02-04 13:33:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

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

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Porites cylindrica (42736)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia (South Sulawesi) Porites cylindrica (124790)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Porites cylindrica (81575)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Porites cylindrica (101414)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) Porites cylindrica (80795)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129French Polynesia Porites andrewsi (97465)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Porites cylindrica (90042 90058)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Porites cylindrica (96956)