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Pocilloporidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Taxonomy
Pocilloporidae was named by Gray (1842). It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Perrin et al. (1998) and López-Pérez (2005); and to Astrocoeniina by Baron-Szabo (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Pocilloporidae Gray
1998Pocilloporidae Perrin et al.
2005Pocilloporidae López-Pérez p. 81
2006Pocilloporidae Baron-Szabo p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842

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.

Fm. Pocilloporidae Gray 1842
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G. Pocillopora Lamarck 1816
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†Pocillopora arnoldi Vaughan 1919
†Pocillopora baracoaensis Vaughan 1919
Pocillopora capitata Verrill 1864
†Pocillopora crassoramosa Duncan 1864
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Pocillopora brevicornis Lamarck 1816 [synonym], Pocillopora bulbosa Ehrenberg 1834 [synonym], Pocillopora caespitosa Dana 1846 [synonym], Pocillopora favosa Ehrenberg 1834 [synonym]
Pocillopora eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860
†Pocillopora jenkinsi Reuss 1867
†Pocillopora maddenensis Budd et al. 1992
†Pocillopora madreporacea Lamarck 1816
†Pocillopora palmata Palmer 1928
†Pocillopora robusta Verrill 1870
Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786
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Invalid names: Pocillopora hemprichi Ehremberg 1834 [synonym], Pocillopora meandrina Dana 1846 [synonym], Pocillopora nobilis Verrill 1864 [synonym]
G. Seriatopora Lamarck 1816
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Seriatopora caliendrum Ehrenberg 1834
†Seriatopora delicatula Felix 1921
†Seriatopora hystrix Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Seriatopora angulata Klunzinger 1879 [synonym]
†Seriatopora micrommata Felix 1921
†Seriatopora ornata Felix 1921
†Seriatopora regulata Chevalier 1961
G. Stylocoeniella Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
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Stylocoeniella armata Ehrenberg 1834
Stylocoeniella guentheri Bassett-Smith 1890
G. Stylophora Schweigger 1819
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†Stylophora affinis Duncan 1863
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Invalid names: Stylophora panamensis Vaughan 1919 [synonym]
†Stylophora affinis minor Duncan 1863
†Stylophora africana Latham 1929
†Stylophora annulata Reuss 1864
†Stylophora binacuaensis Altuna et al. 2007
†Stylophora canalis Vaughan 1919
†Stylophora chaneyi Durham 1942
†Stylophora chiraensis Wells 1941
†Stylophora coalescens Gerth 1923
†Stylophora compressa Duncan 1873
†Stylophora conferta Reuss 1868
†Stylophora cyclopleura Felix 1921
†Stylophora damesi Felix 1884
†Stylophora densata Chevalier 1968
†Stylophora digitata Pallas 1878
†Stylophora distans Leymerie 1846
Stylophora elongata Lamarck 1816
†Stylophora eocaenica Kuehn 1948
†Stylophora gaasensis Chevalier 1956
†Stylophora garumnica Vidal 1921
†Stylophora gemmans Gerth 1923
†Stylophora granulata Umbgrove 1950
†Stylophora granulata Duncan 1864
†Stylophora hercegowinensis Oppenheim 1901
†Stylophora imperatoris Vaughan 1919
†Stylophora italica d'Achiardi 1866
Stylophora kuehlmanni Scheer and Pillai 1983
†Stylophora lindavistae Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
†Stylophora macdonaldi Vaughan 1919
†Stylophora minor Duncan 1863
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Invalid names: Stylophora goethalsi Vaughan 1919 [synonym], Stylophora minutissima Vaughan 1900 [synonym]
†Stylophora monticulosa Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925
†Stylophora octophylla Felix 1906
†Stylophora parvistella Chevalier 1961
†Stylophora paumotensis Chevalier 1976
†Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797
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Invalid names: Stylophora danae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 [synonym], Stylophora subseriata Ehrenberg 1834 [synonym]
†Stylophora pocilloporoides Umbgrove 1950
†Stylophora ponderosa Vaughan 1900
†Stylophora pulcherrima d'Achiardi 1875
†Stylophora ramulosa Chevalier 1956
†Stylophora raristella Defrance 1826
†Stylophora reussiana Montanaro-Gallitelli and Tacoli 1951
†Stylophora rugosa d'Archiac 1848
†Stylophora silicensis Weisbord 1973
†Stylophora sokkohensis Gerth 1921
†Stylophora tenuissima Gerth 1923
†Stylophora thirsiformis Michelotti 1847
†Stylophora undata Weisbord 1971
†Stylophora verrucosa Gerth 1923
†Stylophora willoughbyi Wells 1945
Invalid names: Stylacropora Kuehn 1948 [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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (727 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Ukraine Astraeopora octophylla (87044)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Saudi Arabia Stylophora sp. (184845)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman Stylophora octophylla (206408)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Stylophora octophylla (12766 206410)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica Stylophora octophylla (27647)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Spain (Cataluna) Stylophora garumnica (88323)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Senegal (Popenguine) Stylophora sp. (76719)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica Stylophora octophylla (27645 27646)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Stylophora octophylla (175477)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Pakistan (Sind) Stylophora sp. (11288)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Iran (South central Iran) Stylocoeniella expansa (233247)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Iran (Sistan and Baluchestan) Stylocoeniella expansa (233244)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Stylophora ponderosa (34652)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Stylophora conferta, Stylophora pulcherrima (227866) Stylophora conferta, Stylophora pulcherrima, Stylophora distans, Stylophora italica (227821)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) Stylophora chaneyi (5496)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy (Veneto) Stylophora sp. (180311)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Papua New Guinea Stylophora papuensis (70667)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Marshall Islands Pocillopora damicornis, Seriatopora micrommata, Actinastrea minutissima (45364) Seriatopora micrommata, Seriatopora ornata, Actinastrea minutissima (45362) Stylophora stellata, Actinastrea minutissima (45355)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Czech Republic Stylophora compressa (69521)
Eocene - Miocene56.0 - 5.333Marshall Islands Pocillopora sp., Seriatopora ornata (45369) Seriatopora ornata (45373)