Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combination: Explanaria gemmacea
Synonym: Echinopora carduus Klunzinger 1879
Belongs to Echinopora according to T. Inskipp et al. 2005
See also Montanaro Gallitelli 1973
Sister taxa: Echinopora crassatina, Echinopora forskaliana, Echinopora fruticulosa, Echinopora hirsutissima, Echinopora lamellosa, Echinopora mammiformis, Echinopora miocenica, Echinopora pacificus, Echinopora pelarangensis, Echinopora porosa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (12 collections), Eritrea (1), Japan (2), Kenya (2), Mauritius (3), Saudi Arabia (6), Sudan (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Egypt (1)
• Pliocene of Egypt (1), Indonesia (1)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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