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Psammocora gasparillensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Psammocora gasparillensis was named by Vaughan (1926) [in Vaughan and Hoffmeister].

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Psammocora gasparillensis Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusPsammocoraDana 1846
speciesgasparillensisVaughan 1926

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.

Psammocora gasparillensis Vaughan 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 07:27:06
Modified: 2008-01-28 09:27:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.44000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Trinidad and Tobago Psammocora gasparillensis (27585 27588 27595)