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Pseudodiploria clivosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora clivosa was named by Ellis and Solander (1786) [Hypoteyp designated by Budd et al. 2012.]. It is extant. Its type specimen is SUI 122807.

It was recombined as Maeandrina clivosa by Verrill (1864); it was recombined as Platygyra clivosa by Vaughan (1901); it was recombined as Maeandra clivosa by Verrill (1901); it was recombined as Diploria clivosa by Smith (1943) and De Buisonjé (1974); it was recombined as Pseudodiploria clivosa by Budd et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Madrepora clivosa Ellis and Solander
1864Maeandrina clivosa Verrill
1901Platygyra clivosa Vaughan
1901Maeandra clivosa Verrill
1943Diploria clivosa Smith
1974Diploria clivosa De Buisonjé p. 222
2012Pseudodiploria clivosa Budd et al. pp. 523 - 524; Appendix S4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
genusPseudodiploria
speciesclivosa(Ellis and Solander 1786)

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.

Pseudodiploria clivosa Ellis and Solander 1786
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Diploria clivosa (120390 120393 120396)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Netherlands Antilles Diploria clivosa (41028)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica Diploria clivosa (41072)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Netherlands Antilles Diploria clivosa (41034 41035)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Diploria clivosa (71389 71398 71410 124270)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles Diploria clivosa (41036 41038 41039 41041 41043 41044 41045 41051)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Costa Rica Diploria clivosa (71413 71414 71417)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) Diploria clivosa (85449)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Netherlands Antilles Diploria clivosa (41054 41055 41056)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Diploria clivosa (120214 120217 120276 120277 120282 120284 120285 120287 120288)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Maeandra clivosa (124700)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Jamaica Diploria clivosa (34542)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Maeandra clivosa (60891)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bahamas Diploria clivosa (88948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Diploria clivosa (34520)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Diploria clivosa (102641 102643 102645 102649 102651)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles Diploria clivosa (80903)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia Diploria clivosa (102789 102791)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) Diploria clivosa (102666 102668 102669 102670 102671 102672 102673 102675 102676 102677 102678 102680 102681 102682 102689 102690 102691 102695 102703 102704 102707)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Diploria clivosa (85457)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Diploria clivosa (88952 89419)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Barbados Diploria clivosa (102414 102420)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Diploria clivosa (103524 103526 103528 103531 103533 103725 103727 103728 103731 103732 103733)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Diploria clivosa (97606 97607 97609 97610)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. Diploria clivosa (97622 97658)