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Pavona venosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Polyastra venosa was named by Ehrenberg (1834). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pavona venosa by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Polyastra venosa Ehrenberg
2005Pavona venosa Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847
genusPavonaLamarck 1801
speciesvenosa(Ehrenberg 1834)

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.

Pavona venosa Ehrenberg 1834
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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 Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Fiji Pavona venosa (124829)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Pavona venosa (42736)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Pavona venosa (62769)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Pavona venosa (96956)