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Pocillopora palmata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Taxonomy
Pocillopora palmata was named by Palmer (1928).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Pocillopora palmata Palmer
2005Pocillopora palmata López-Pérez p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842
genusPocilloporaLamarck 1816
speciespalmataPalmer 1928

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 palmata Palmer 1928
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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: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Barbados Pocillopora palmata (102416 102420)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Pocillopora palmata (103725 103726 103727 103728)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) Pocillopora palmata (102659 102660 102662 102683 102696)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles Pocillopora palmata (80904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Barbados Pocillopora palmata (102421 102427 102428)