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Pocillopora verrucosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora verrucosa was named by Ellis and Solander (1786). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pocillopora verrucosa by Vaughan (1918).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Madrepora verrucosa Ellis and Solander
1834Pocillopora hemprichi Ehremberg
1846Pocillopora meandrina Dana
1864Pocillopora nobilis Verrill
1918Pocillopora verrucosa Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842
genusPocilloporaLamarck 1816
speciesverrucosa(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.

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]
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 (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA Minor Outlying Islands Pocillopora hemprichi (22977)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Pocillopora verrucosa (42736)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Pocillopora verrucosa (108774)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Pocillopora verrucosa (81578)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Pocillopora meandrina (22975)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Pocillopora nobilis (63135)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) Pocillopora verrucosa (80730)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129French Polynesia Pocillopora verrucosa, Pocillopora meandrina (97465)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu Pocillopora verrucosa (97441)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Pocillopora verrucosa (80806 184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) Pocillopora verrucosa (109181 109182)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Kerala) Pocillopora verrucosa (107971)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Pocillopora verrucosa (80955 80958 80962 80963 107972)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Pocillopora verrucosa (102960 102962 102963 102969)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Pakistan Pocillopora verrucosa (192909 192911 192912)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Pocillopora verrucosa (97462 97467) Pocillopora verrucosa, Pocillopora meandrina (97469)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pocillopora meandrina (89598) Pocillopora verrucosa (119921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Pocillopora verrucosa (120128)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0French Polynesia (Windward Islands) Pocillopora verrucosa (167425)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Pocillopora verrucosa (96925)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Seychelles Pocillopora verrucosa (96926)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Hawaii) Pocillopora meandrina (97451 97452 97453)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Pocillopora verrucosa (97463 97470)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Pocillopora verrucosa (97322)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Pocillopora verrucosa (96889 96890)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Pocillopora verrucosa (96956 165206 165207)