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Pocillopora capitata Verrill, 1864

289246  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289246)

accepted
Species
Pocillopora capitata var. porosa Verrill, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pocillopora capitata var. pumila Verrill, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pocillopora capitata var. robusta Verrill, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pocillopora palmata Palmer, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pocillopora porosa Verrill, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Variety Pocillopora capitata var. porosa Verrill, 1869 accepted as Pocillopora capitata Verrill, 1864 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  2. Variety Pocillopora capitata var. pumila Verrill, 1870 accepted as Pocillopora capitata Verrill, 1864 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  3. Variety Pocillopora capitata var. robusta Verrill, 1870 accepted as Pocillopora capitata Verrill, 1864 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563 [details]   
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Pocillopora capitata Verrill, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289246 on 2024-03-28
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original description Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563 [details]   

original description  (of Pocillopora capitata var. porosa Verrill, 1869) Verrill AE. (1869). Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Capt. John Rodgers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, Naturalist to the Expedition. <em>Communications of the Essex Institute, Salem.</em> 6 (1): 51-104, pls. 1-2., available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/270634 [details]   

original description  (of Pocillopora capitata var. robusta Verrill, 1870) Verrill, AE. (1868-1870). Notes on the Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the polyps and corals of the West Coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1: 377-558, pls. 5-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/34032#/summary [details]   

original description  (of Pocillopora capitata var. pumila Verrill, 1870) Verrill, AE. (1868-1870). Notes on the Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the polyps and corals of the West Coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1: 377-558, pls. 5-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/34032#/summary [details]   

original description  (of Pocillopora palmata Palmer, 1928) Palmer RH. (1928). Fossil and recent corals and coral reefs of Western Mexico. Three new species. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia.</em> 67: 21-31. [details]   

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em>  [details]   

additional source Veron JEN. (2002). New species described in Corals of the World. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 11: 1-209.
page(s): 72, 74, 75 [details]   

additional source Verrill, A.E. 1870. Descriptions of echinoderms and corals from the Gulf of California. American Journal of Science 49: 93-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36445101
page(s): 100 [details]   

additional source Durham JW. (1947). Corals from the Gulf of California and the north Pacific Coast of America. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Society of America.</em> 20: 1-68. [details]   

additional source Glynn PW (1999) Pocillopora inflata, a new species of scleractinian coral (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the tropical eastern Pacific. Pacific Science 53: 168-180.
page(s): 175, 177 [details]   

additional source Reyes-Bonilla, H. (2002). Checklist of valid names and synonyms of stony corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) from the eastern Pacific. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 36(1): 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/713833841 [details]   

additional source Verrill AE. (1869). Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Capt. John Rodgers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, Naturalist to the Expedition. <em>Communications of the Essex Institute, Salem.</em> 6 (1): 51-104, pls. 1-2., available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/270634 [details]   

additional source Reyes J, Santodomingo N, Flórez P. (2010). Corales Escleractinios de Colombia. <em>Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, Colombia.</em> pp 1-246. [details]   

additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume II: Families Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae, Euphyllidae, Oculinidae, Meandrinidae, Siderastreidae, Agariciidae, Fungiidae, Rhizangiidae, Pectiniidae, Merulinidae, Dendrophylliidae, Caryophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 2, pp. 429.
page(s): 35 [details]   

additional source Verrill, A. E. (1868-1870). Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1, 6, 377-558.
page(s): 520-521 [details]   

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Molina, M.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Palmyra Atoll coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2002, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2000-2001, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 8]. UNPUBLISHED, UNPUBLISHED [details]   

additional source Maragos, J. E.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Gulko, D. (2004). French Frigate Shoals coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Rapture 2000 and 2002, and 2003 Sette surveys [Table 1]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]   

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Siciliano, D.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Aeby, G.; Kenyon, J.; Gulko, D.; Potts, D. C. (2004). Maro reef coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000 and 2002, American Islander 2001, Rapture 2000 and 2002, and Sette 2003 surveys [Table 9]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]   

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Siciliano, D.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Gulko, D.; Aeby, G.; Kenyon, J.; Kenyon, J.; Potts, D. C. (2004). Pearl & Hermes Atoll coral data compiled from Rapture & Townsend Cromwell 2000 and 2002, American Islander 2001, and Sette 2003 surveys [Table 13]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]   

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J.; Dana, T.; Aeby, G.; Siciliano, D.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Gulko, D.; Potts, D. C. (2004). Midway Atoll coral data compiled from Rapture 2000 and 2002, Townsend Cromwell 2002, US Fish and Wildlife Service 2000, and Sette 2003 surveys [Table 14]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished [details]   

additional source Maragos, J. E.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Aeby, G.; Gulko, D.; Kenyon, J.; Siciliano, D.; Potts, D. C. (2004). Kure Atoll coral data compiled from Rapture and Townsend Cromwell 2000 and 2002, and Sette 2003 surveys [Table 15]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]   

additional source Maragos, J. E. (2004). Raita Bank, NWHI, coral data from Sept. 2001 Townsend Cromwell survey [Table 16]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]   

additional source Verrill, A. E. (1870). On the geographical distribution of the polyps of the west coast of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1, 7, 558-567
page(s): 563, 565 [details]   

additional source DeFelice, R.; Minton, D.; Godwin, L. S. (2002). Records of Shallow-Water Marine Invertebrates from French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, with a Note on Noningenous Species: Report to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Bishop Museum. Honolulu, Hawaii., pp. 78.
page(s): 26, 51 [details]   

additional source Verrill, A.E., 1871. Notes on Radiata. No. 7. On the geographical distribution of the polypes of the West coast of America. Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci. 1 : 558-567.
page(s): 563, 565 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 37 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.1 [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.10 [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.11, geounit Colombian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.12 [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.13 [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.14 [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.15 [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.16 [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.17 [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.18 [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.19 [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.2, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.20 [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.3, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.4, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.5 [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.6, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.7 [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.8, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora robusta Verrill, 1870) AHF 6.9 [details]
Nontype (of Pocillopora porosa Verrill, 1869) AHF 5.1 [details]
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Biology zooxanthellate [details]
LanguageName 
English cauliflower coral  [details]