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Pavona clavus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Pavona clavus was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Pavona clavus Dana
1950Progyrosmilia regularis Umbgrove
1968Plocoastraea larochensis Chevalier

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

Pavona clavus Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Plocoastraea larochensis Chevalier 1968 [synonym], Progyrosmilia regularis Umbgrove 1950 [synonym]
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 Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) Pavona clavus (45342)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia Pavona clavus (109225 109227 109234)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Pavona clavus (45343 45344)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Pavona clavus (108772 108774 108775)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Aceh) Pavona clavus (63128)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA Minor Outlying Islands Pavona clavus (109623)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pavona clavus (119918 119919)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia Progyrosmilia regularis, Pavona clavus (42739)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Pavona clavus (87981)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117New Caledonia Plocoastraea larochensis (90062 90063)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129New Caledonia Plocoastraea larochensis (89421)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pavona clavus (119914 119917)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Pavona clavus (88044 88053)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pavona clavus (88573 119913)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Pavona clavus (90043 90054 90057 90058)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Pavona clavus (97321)