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Pocillopora crassoramosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Discussion

taxon inquirendum according WoRMS https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1290041

Taxonomy
Pocillopora crassoramosa was named by Duncan (1864).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Pocillopora crassoramosa Duncan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842
genusPocilloporaLamarck 1816
speciescrassoramosaDuncan 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.

Pocillopora crassoramosa Duncan 1864
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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 Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.62000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Dominican Republic Pocillopora crassoramosa (124722)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Pocillopora crassoramosa (34515 34516 34517)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Pocillopora crassoramosa (120356)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Pocillopora crassoramosa (106177)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Pocillopora crassoramosa (71367 71374)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Pocillopora crassoramosa (34540)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Pocillopora crassoramosa (79958)