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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites : Porites hawaiiensis |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites : Porites hawaiiensis |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Porites |
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| Scientific Name | Porites hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907 |
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| Name Published In | Vaughan, T.W. 1907. Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 59(9): 1-427. |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Porites hawaiiensis | species | belongs to Porites | stated with evidence | Vaughan, 1907 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 2.59 Ma
Pleistocene |
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| Environment | marine (based on Poritidae) |
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| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Poritidae) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) |
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| Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Poritidae) |
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| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Poritidae) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. Kiessling, C. Simpson, and B. Beck, J. Pandolfi. 2011. Taxonomic vetting of Pleistocene coral occurrence data. |
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Porites hawaiiensis
