Pocillopora palmata Palmer, 1928
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene (c.126-11.7ka).
Distribution
Caribbean
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Budd, A. F., Stemann, T. A. and Johnson, K. G. (1994). Stratigraphic distributions of genera and species of Neogene to recent Carribean reef corals. Journal of Paleontology 68(5): 951-977.
T. Inskipp, S. Ferriss, J. O’Carroll and T. Garstecki. 2005. Checklist of fish and invertebrates listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation No. 338/97, 7th edition. In UNEP-WCMC (ed.), JNCC Report 379: 1-327.
Pandolfi, John M. (1999). Response of Pleistocene Coral Reefs to Environmental Change over Long Temporal Scales. American Zoologist 39(1): 113-130. [Abstract]
Pandolfi, John M., Jackson, Jeremy B. C. and Geister, Jörn. (2001). Geologically Sudden Extinction of Two Widespread Late Pleistocene Caribbean Reef Corals, pp. 120-156. In: Jackson, Jeremy B. C., Lidgard, Scott and McKinney, Frank K. (eds.). Evolutionary Patterns: Growth, Form, and Tempo in the Fossil Record. Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press.
Toth, Lauren T. et al. (2015). A new record of the Late Pleistocene coral Pocillopora palmata from the Dry Tortugas, Florida Reef Tract, USA. PALAIOS 30(12): 827-835. [Abstract]
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