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Psammocoridae
Description | Psammocora is a genus of stony coral in the monotypic family Psammocoridae. Species of this genus are also known as cat's paw coral. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psammocoridae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Psammocoridae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scientific Name | Psammocoridae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Chevalier, J.P. & Beauvais, L. 1987. Ordre des Scleractiniaires, p. 403-764. In: Grasse PP (ed.), Traite de Zoologie, Cnidaires, Anthozoaires. Masson, Paris. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | アミメサンゴ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psammocoridae |
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Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Psammocora genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 49 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant |
References
Benzoni, F., Stefani, F., Pichon, M., Galli, P. 2010. The name game: morpho-molecular species boundaries in the genus Psammocora (Cnidaria, Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 421-456. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Stefani, F., Benzoni, F., Pichon, M., Cancelliere, C. & Galli, P. 2008. A multidisciplinary approach to the definition of species boundaries in branching species of the coral genus Psammocora (Cnidaria, Scleractinia). Zoologica Scripta 37: 71-91. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Benzoni, F., Stefani, F., Stolarski, J., Pichon, M., Mitta, G., Galli, P. 2007. Debating phylogenetic relationships of the scleractinian Psammocora: molecular and morphological evidences. Contributions to Zoology 76: 35-54. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Chevalier, J.P. & Beauvais, L. 1987. Ordre des Scleractiniaires, p. 403-764. In: Grasse PP (ed.), Traite de Zoologie, Cnidaires, Anthozoaires. Masson, Paris. - via World Register of Marine Species |
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Benzoni et al., 2007 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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!