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Cauliflower Coral

Pocillopora capitata Verrill 1864

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Pocillopora capitata Verrill 1864
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pocillopora capitata porosa
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Pocillopora capitata pumila
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Pocillopora capitata pumila Verrill
Subspecies recognized by GBIF classification
Pocillopora capitata robusta Dana 1846
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Pocillopora capitata
Species recognized by wikipedia NL, wikipedia VI, Colombia Species List, Ecuador Species List, Panama Species List, Mexico Species List, Gulf of California Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Pacific Species List, and wikipedia emerging languages
Pocillopora capitata Verrill 1864
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and GBIF classification
Pocillopora capitata Verrill 1864
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Pocillopora palmata
Species recognized by Mexico Species List
Pocillopora capitata
Species recognized by iDigBio type specimen records, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia FR, CITES, wikipedia EN, and Wikipedia (inferred records)
Pocillopora capitata
Recognized by coraltraits
Pocillopora capitata Verrill 1864
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test, and World Register of Marine Species
Pocillopora capitata Verrill 1864
Recognized by Scleractinia Lifestyle
Pocillopora capitata porosa Verrill
Subspecies recognized by NMNH type specimens
Pocillopora capitata var. porosa
Subspecies recognized by iDigBio type specimen records
Pocillopora capitata var. pumila
Subspecies recognized by iDigBio type specimen records
Pocillopora palmata
Species recognized by Paleobiology Database
Pocillopora palmata
Recognized by iDigBio type specimen records
Pocillopora porosa
Species recognized by iDigBio type specimen records

Alternative Names

Pocillopora capitata var. porosa Verrill 1869
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pocillopora capitata var. pumila Verrill 1870
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pocillopora capitata var. robusta Verrill 1870
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pocillopora palmata Palmer 1928
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pocillopora porosa Verrill 1869
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pocillopora robusta Verrill 1870
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pocillopora capitata var. porosa Verrill 1870
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Pocillopora capitata var. pumila Verrill 1870
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Pocillopora capitata var. robusta Verrill 1870
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Pocillopora palmata Palmer 1928
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Pocillopora porosa Verrill 1870
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Pocillopora robusta Verrill 1870
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Pocillopora capitata porosa
Synonym according to CITES
Pocillopora capitata pumila
Synonym according to CITES
Pocillopora capitata robusta
Synonym according to CITES
Pocillopora capitata var. porosa Verrill 1869
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Pocillopora capitata var. porosa Verrill 1869
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Pocillopora capitata var. pumila Verrill 1870
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Pocillopora capitata var. pumila Verrill 1870
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Pocillopora capitata var. robusta Verrill 1870
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Pocillopora capitata var. robusta Verrill 1870
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Pocillopora palmata Palmer 1928
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Pocillopora palmata Palmer 1928
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Pocillopora porosa
Synonym according to CITES
Pocillopora porosa Verrill 1869
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Pocillopora porosa Verrill 1869
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Pocillopora robusta
Synonym according to CITES
Pocillopora robusta Verrill 1870
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Pocillopora robusta Verrill 1870
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

cauliflower coral preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Curated hierarchies for Pocillopora capitata Verrill 1864

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia Haeckel 1896
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Pocilloporidae Gray 1840
Pocillopora Lamarck 1816
Pocillopora capitata Verrill 1864 (this page)
Pocillopora acuta Lamarck 1816
Pocillopora aliciae Schmidt-Roach, Miller & Andreakis 2013
Pocillopora ankeli Scheer & Pillai 1974
Pocillopora arnoldi Vaughan 1919
Pocillopora aspera Verrill 1869
Pocillopora bairdi Schmidt-Roach 2014
Pocillopora baracoaensis Vaughan 1919
Pocillopora brevicornis Lamarck 1816
Pocillopora clavaria Ehrenberg 1834
Pocillopora crassoramosa Duncan 1864
Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
Pocillopora effusa Veron 2000
Pocillopora elegans Dana 1846
Pocillopora frondosa Verrill 1869
Pocillopora fungiformis Veron 2000
Pocillopora glomerata Gardiner 1897
Pocillopora gracilis Verrill 1869
Pocillopora grandis Dana 1846
Pocillopora guantanamensis Vaughan 1919
Pocillopora indiania Veron 2000
Pocillopora inflata Glynn 1999
Pocillopora informis Dana 1846
Pocillopora kelleheri Veron 2000
Pocillopora ligulata Dana 1846
Pocillopora lobifera Milne Edwards 1860
Pocillopora maddenensis Budd 1992
Pocillopora madreporacea (Lamarck 1816)
Pocillopora mauritiana Brüggemann 1877
Pocillopora meandrina Dana 1846
Pocillopora molokensis Vaughan 1907
Pocillopora obtusata Gardiner 1897
Pocillopora paucistellata Quelch 1886
Pocillopora polymorpha (Lamarck 1801)
Pocillopora portoricensis Coryell 1929
Pocillopora septata Gardiner 1897
Pocillopora tenuis Duncan 1868
Pocillopora verrucosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Pocillopora vitiensis Hoffmeister 1945
Pocillopora woodjonesi Vaughan 1918
Pocillopora zelli Veron 2000

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Pocilloporidae Gray 1840
Pocillopora Lamarck 1816
Pocillopora capitata Verrill 1864 (this page)
Pocillopora acuta Lamarck 1816
Pocillopora aliciae Schmidt-Roach, Miller & Andreakis 2013
Pocillopora ankeli Scheer & Pillai 1974
Pocillopora arnoldi Vaughan 1919
Pocillopora bairdi Schmidt-Roach 2014
Pocillopora baracoaensis Vaughan 1919
Pocillopora brevicornis Lamarck 1816
Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
Pocillopora effusa Veron 2000
Pocillopora elegans Dana 1846
Pocillopora fungiformis Veron 2000
Pocillopora grandis Dana 1846
Pocillopora guantanamensis Vaughan 1919
Pocillopora indiania Veron 2000
Pocillopora inflata Glynn 1999
Pocillopora jenkinsi Reuss 1866
Pocillopora kelleheri Veron 2000
Pocillopora ligulata Dana 1846
Pocillopora maddenensis Budd 1992
Pocillopora madreporacea (Lamarck 1816)
Pocillopora mauritiana Brüggemann 1877
Pocillopora meandrina Dana 1846
Pocillopora molokensis Vaughan 1907
Pocillopora portoricensis Coryell 1929
Pocillopora solida Umbgrove 1926
Pocillopora verrucosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Pocillopora vitiensis Hoffmeister 1945
Pocillopora woodjonesi Vaughan 1918
Pocillopora zelli Veron 2000

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia Haeckel 1896
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Pocilloporidae Gray 1840
Pocillopora Lamarck 1816
Pocillopora capitata Verrill 1864 (this page)
Pocillopora acuta Lamarck 1816
Pocillopora aliciae Schmidt-Roach, Miller & Andreakis 2013
Pocillopora ankeli Scheer & Pillai 1974
Pocillopora arnoldi Vaughan 1919
Pocillopora aspera Verrill 1869
Pocillopora bairdi Schmidt-Roach 2014
Pocillopora baracoaensis Vaughan 1919
Pocillopora brevicornis Lamarck 1816
Pocillopora clavaria Ehrenberg 1834
Pocillopora crassoramosa Duncan 1864
Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
Pocillopora effusa Veron 2000
Pocillopora elegans Dana 1846
Pocillopora frondosa Verrill 1869
Pocillopora fungiformis Veron 2000
Pocillopora glomerata Gardiner 1897
Pocillopora gracilis Verrill 1869
Pocillopora grandis Dana 1846
Pocillopora guantanamensis Vaughan 1919
Pocillopora indiania Veron 2000
Pocillopora inflata Glynn 1999
Pocillopora informis Dana 1846
Pocillopora kelleheri Veron 2000
Pocillopora ligulata Dana 1846
Pocillopora lobifera Milne Edwards 1860
Pocillopora maddenensis Budd 1992
Pocillopora madreporacea (Lamarck 1816)
Pocillopora mauritiana Brüggemann 1877
Pocillopora meandrina Dana 1846
Pocillopora molokensis Vaughan 1907
Pocillopora obtusata Gardiner 1897
Pocillopora paucistellata Quelch 1886
Pocillopora polymorpha (Lamarck 1801)
Pocillopora portoricensis Coryell 1929
Pocillopora septata Gardiner 1897
Pocillopora tenuis Duncan 1868
Pocillopora verrucosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Pocillopora vitiensis Hoffmeister 1945
Pocillopora woodjonesi Vaughan 1918
Pocillopora zelli Veron 2000

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora
Pocillopora capitata Verrill 1864 (this page)
Pocillopora acuta Lamarck 1816
Pocillopora aliciae Schmidt-Roach, Miller & Andreakis 2013
Pocillopora ankeli Scheer & Pillai 1974
Pocillopora bairdi Schmidt-Roach 2014
Pocillopora brevicornis Lamarck 1816
Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
Pocillopora effusa Veron 2000
Pocillopora elegans Dana 1846
Pocillopora fungiformis Veron 2000
Pocillopora grandis Dana 1846
Pocillopora indiania Veron 2000
Pocillopora inflata Glynn 1999
Pocillopora kelleheri Veron 2000
Pocillopora ligulata Dana 1846
Pocillopora mauritiana Bruggemann 1877
Pocillopora meandrina Dana 1846
Pocillopora molokensis Vaughan 1907
Pocillopora verrucosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Pocillopora vitiensis Hoffmeister 1945
Pocillopora woodjonesi Vaughan 1918
Pocillopora zelli Veron 2000

GBIF classification

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora Lamarck 1816
Pocillopora capitata Verrill 1864 (this page)
Pocillopora capitata capitata
Pocillopora capitata porosa Verrill
Pocillopora capitata pumila Verrill
Alveolites madreporacea (Lamarck 1816)
Pocillopora acuta Lamarck 1816
Pocillopora aliciae Schmidt-Roach, Miller & Andreakis 2013
Pocillopora ankeli Scheer & Pillai 1974
Pocillopora arnoldi Vaughan 1919
Pocillopora aspera Verrill 1870
Pocillopora bairdi Schmidt-Roach 2014
Pocillopora baracoaensis Vaughan 1919
Pocillopora brevicornis Lamarck 1816
Pocillopora clavaria Ehrenberg 1834
Pocillopora crassoramosa Duncan 1864
Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
Pocillopora effusa Veron 2000
Pocillopora elegans Dana 1846
Pocillopora frondosa Verrill 1870
Pocillopora fungiformis Veron 2000
Pocillopora glomerata Gardiner 1897
Pocillopora gracilis Verrill 1870
Pocillopora grandis Dana 1846
Pocillopora guadalupensis Durham 1980
Pocillopora guantanamensis Vaughan 1919
Pocillopora indiania Veron 2000
Pocillopora inflata Glynn 1999
Pocillopora informis Dana 1846
Pocillopora jenkinsi Reuss 1867
Pocillopora kelleheri Veron 2000
Pocillopora ligulata Dana 1846
Pocillopora lobifera Milne Edwards 1860
Pocillopora maddenensis Budd et al. 1992
Pocillopora mauritiana Brüggemann 1877
Pocillopora meandrina Dana 1846
Pocillopora modumanensis Vaughan 1907
Pocillopora molokensis Vaughan 1907
Pocillopora nobilis Verrill
Pocillopora obtusata Gardiner 1897
Pocillopora paucistellata Quelch 1886
Pocillopora plicata Dana 1846
Pocillopora pulchella Brüggemann 1879
Pocillopora ramiculosa Verrill 1864
Pocillopora septata Gardiner 1897
Pocillopora solida Quelch 1886
Pocillopora squarrosa Dana 1846
Pocillopora stellata Verrill 1864
Pocillopora suffructico Verrill
Pocillopora suffruticosa Verrill 1864
Pocillopora tenuis Duncan 1868
Pocillopora verrucosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Pocillopora vitiensis Hoffmeister 1945
Pocillopora woodjonesi Vaughan 1918
Pocillopora zelli Veron 2000

GBIF classification

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora Lamarck 1816
Pocillopora capitata Verrill 1864
Pocillopora capitata pumila Verrill (this page)
Pocillopora capitata capitata
Pocillopora capitata porosa Verrill

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Cnidaria Hatschek 1888
Anthozoa
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Astrocoeniina Vaughan & Wells 1943
Pocilloporidae Gray 1842
Pocillopora Lamarck 1816
Pocillopora capitata Verrill 1864 (this page)
Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
Pocillopora elegans Dana 1846
Pocillopora eydouxi Milne-Edwards & Haime 1860
Pocillopora meandrina Dana 1846
Pocillopora verrucosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Pocillopora woodjonesi Vaughan 1918

IUCN

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora capitata Verrill 1864 (this page)
Pocillopora ankeli Scheer & Pillai 1974
Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
Pocillopora danae Verrill 1864
Pocillopora effusus Veron 2002
Pocillopora elegans Dana 1846
Pocillopora eydouxi Milne Edwards & Haime 1860
Pocillopora fungiformis Veron 2002
Pocillopora indiania Veron 2002
Pocillopora inflata Glynn 1999
Pocillopora kelleheri Veron 2002
Pocillopora ligulata Dana 1846
Pocillopora meandrina Dana 1846
Pocillopora molokensis Vaughan 1907
Pocillopora setichelli Hoffmeister 1929
Pocillopora verrucosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Pocillopora woodjonesi Vaughan 1918
Pocillopora zelli Veron 2002
Seriatopora aculeata Quelch 1886
Seriatopora caliendrum Ehrenberg 1834
Seriatopora dendritica Veron 2002
Seriatopora guttatus Veron 2002
Seriatopora hystrix Dana 1846
Seriatopora stellata Quelch 1886
Stylophora danae Milne Edwards & Haime 1850
Stylophora kuehlmanni Scheer & Pillai 1983
Stylophora madagascarensis Veron 2002
Stylophora mamillata Scheer & Pillai 1983
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797
Stylophora subseriata (Ehrenberg 1834)
Stylophora wellsi Scheer 1964

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Radiata
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora
Pocillopora capitata (this page)
Pocillopora acuta
Pocillopora aliciae
Pocillopora ankeli
Pocillopora aspera
Pocillopora bairdi
Pocillopora brevicornis
Pocillopora cespitosa
Pocillopora clavaria
Pocillopora damicornis
Pocillopora danae
Pocillopora effusa
Pocillopora effusus
Pocillopora elegans
Pocillopora eydouxi
Pocillopora frondosa
Pocillopora fungiformis
Pocillopora glomerata
Pocillopora gracilis
Pocillopora grandis
Pocillopora indiania
Pocillopora inflata
Pocillopora informis
Pocillopora kelleheri
Pocillopora ligulata
Pocillopora lobifera
Pocillopora mauritiana
Pocillopora meandrina
Pocillopora modumanensis
Pocillopora molokensis
Pocillopora obtusata
Pocillopora paucistellata
Pocillopora plicata
Pocillopora polymorpha
Pocillopora pulchella
Pocillopora ramiculosa
Pocillopora septata
Pocillopora setchelli
Pocillopora setichelli
Pocillopora solanderi
Pocillopora squarrosa
Pocillopora stellata
Pocillopora suffruticosa
Pocillopora verrucosa
Pocillopora woodjonesi
Pocillopora zelli

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora
Pocillopora capitata Verrill 1864 (this page)
Pocillopora acuta Lamarck 1816
Pocillopora aliciae Schmidt-Roach, Miller & Andreakis 2013
Pocillopora ankeli Scheer & Pillai 1974
Pocillopora arnoldi Vaughan 1919
Pocillopora bairdi Schmidt-Roach 2014
Pocillopora baracoaensis Vaughan 1919
Pocillopora brevicornis Lamarck 1816
Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
Pocillopora effusa Veron 2000
Pocillopora elegans Dana 1846
Pocillopora fungiformis Veron 2000
Pocillopora grandis Dana 1846
Pocillopora guantanamensis Vaughan 1919
Pocillopora indiania Veron 2000
Pocillopora inflata Glynn 1999
Pocillopora jenkinsi Reuss 1866
Pocillopora kelleheri Veron 2000
Pocillopora ligulata Dana 1846
Pocillopora maddenensis Budd 1992
Pocillopora madreporacea (Lamarck 1816)
Pocillopora mauritiana Brüggemann 1877
Pocillopora meandrina Dana 1846
Pocillopora molokensis Vaughan 1907
Pocillopora portoricensis Coryell 1929
Pocillopora solida Umbgrove 1926
Pocillopora verrucosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Pocillopora vitiensis Hoffmeister 1945
Pocillopora woodjonesi Vaughan 1918
Pocillopora zelli Veron 2000
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