†family Isididae Lamouroux 1812

Anthozoa - Alcyonacea - Isididae

Parent taxon: Alcyonacea according to W. Kiessling 2004

See also Goedert et al. 2022, Grasshoff 1980 and Squires 1999

Sister taxa: Calcaxonia, Nephthea, Nephtheidae, Nephtya, Tubipora

Subtaxa: Isis Keratoisidinae Keratoisis Mopsea

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (2)

• Pliocene of Australia (1), Indonesia (4), Italy (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of Indonesia (1), Iran (3), New Zealand (5), Spain (1)

• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (1)

• Eocene of Hungary (1), New Zealand (1), Spain (2), United States (1: California)

• Paleocene of New Zealand (1)

• Cretaceous of Denmark (1)

Total: 28 collections including 29 occurrences

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