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Pocillopora  Lamarck, 1816
Taxonomic Serial No.: 53017

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2000   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumAnthozoa   
          ClassAnthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 – corals, flower animals, sea anemones, anémones de mer, coraux, água viva, anêmona, antozoário, caravela, corais, gorgônia  
             SubclassHexacorallia   
                OrderScleractinia Bourne, 1900 – stony corals, madrépores  
                   SuborderAstrocoeniina Vaughan and Wells, 1943  
                      FamilyPocilloporidae Gray, 1842  
                         GenusPocillopora Lamarck, 1816  
    Direct Children:  
                            SpeciesPocillopora capitata Verrill, 1864  
                            SpeciesPocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                            SpeciesPocillopora elegans Dana, 1846  
                            SpeciesPocillopora eydouxi Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1860  
                            SpeciesPocillopora meandrina Dana, 1846  
                            SpeciesPocillopora verrucosa (Ellis and Solander, 1786)  
                            SpeciesPocillopora woodjonesi Vaughan, 1918  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Pocillopora   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wells, John W.   
  Publication Date: 1986   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A List of Scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1985, (special issue)   
  Page(s): 69   
  Publisher: International Association for the Study of Fossil Cnidaria   
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  Reference for: Pocillopora   
       

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