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Pocillopora damicornis

Kauai Island, Kauai County, Hawaii, USA

Pocillopora damicornis

Kauai Island, Kauai County, Hawaii, USA

Pocillopora damicornis

Kauai Island, Kauai County, Hawaii, USA

Pocillopora damicornis

Kauai Island, Kauai County, Hawaii, USA

Pocillopora damicornis

Kauai Island, Kauai County, Hawaii, USA

Pocillopora damicornis

Kauai Island, Kauai County, Hawaii, USA

Description

Pocillopora is a genus of stony corals in the family Pocilloporidae occurring in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. They are commonly called cauliflower corals and brush corals.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocillopora, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2259455	https://www.gbif.org/species/2259455
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	6770	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6770

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Pocilloporidae : Pocillopora

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Zoantharia	de Blainville 1830
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Astrocoeniina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
family	Pocilloporidae	Gray 1842
genus	Pocillopora	Lamarck 1816

Scientific Name

Pocillopora Lamarck, 1816

Name Published In

Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de M. de. 1816. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles. leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s’y rapportent; précédée d’une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l’animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l’exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. Verdière, Paris. Vol. 2: 1–568.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pocillopora	genus	belongs to Pocilloporidae	stated without evidence	Veron and Pichon, 1976
Pocillopora	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

8 (44%)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

marine (based on Scleractinia)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

microcarnivore, photosymbiotic (based on Scleractinia)

Reproduction

alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Scleractinia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Common Name(s)

ハナヤサイサンゴ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocillopora

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Alveolites madreporacea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora acuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora aliciae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora ankeli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora arnoldi species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	33.9 Ma Oligocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Pocillopora aspera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora bairdi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora baracoaensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	16.0 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Pocillopora brevicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora capitata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Pocillopora clavaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora crassoramosa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	16.0 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Pocillopora damicornis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		72	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Pocillopora effusa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora elegans species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Pocillopora frondosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora fungiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora glomerata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora gracilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora grandis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Pocillopora guadalupensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Pocillopora guantanamensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Pocillopora indiania species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora inflata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora informis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Pocillopora jenkinsi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	23.0 Ma Miocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Pocillopora kelleheri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora ligulata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Pocillopora lobifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora maddenensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Pocillopora madreporacea species	listed (PBDB)		17	23.0 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Pocillopora mauritiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora meandrina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora modumanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora molokensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora nobilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora obtusata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora palmata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		15	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Pocillopora paucistellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora plicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora pulchella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora ramiculosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora septata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora solida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora squarrosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora stellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora suffructico species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora suffruticosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora tenuis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora verrucosa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		48	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Pocillopora vitiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocillopora woodjonesi species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Pocillopora zelli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Pocilopores Risso, 1826	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Pocilloporidae : *Pocilopores*
Poecilopora Gistl, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Pocilloporidae : *Poecilopora*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1816	Pocillopora Lamarck
1976	Pocillopora Veron and Pichon
2002	Pocillopora Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Veron J.E.N., Pichon M. (1976) Scleractinia of Eastern Australia. I., Australian Institute of Marine Science 1, 1-86

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

An. s. Vert., 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Dunn, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Schmidt-Roach S, Miller KJ, Lundgren P, Andreakis N (2014) With eyes wide open: a revision of species within and closely related to the Pocillopora damicornis species complex (Scleractinia; Pocilloporidae) using morphology and genetics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170: 1-33. - via World Register of Marine Species

Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. Paris: Verdière, 568 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Wells, John W., 1986: null. A List of Scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1985, (special issue). 69. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Veron, J.E.N.; Pichon, M. (1976). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia. Part I. Families Thamnasteriidae, Astroceoniidae, Pocilloporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series. Volume I. - via World Register of Marine Species

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Veron, J. E. N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers. - via World Register of Marine Species

Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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