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Pocillopora capitata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Taxonomy
Pocillopora capitata was named by Verrill (1864). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Pocillopora capitata Verrill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842
genusPocilloporaLamarck 1816
speciescapitataVerrill 1864

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 capitata Verrill 1864
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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 Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pocillopora capitata (119914 119924 119925 119926)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pocillopora capitata (89598 119910 119911 119912 119913 119920 119921 119922)