Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Full reference: N. E. Weisbord. 1973. New and little-known corals from the Tampa Formation of Florida. Bulletin State of Florida Department of Natural Resources Division of Interior Resources Bureau of Geology 56:1-146
Belongs to Alveopora according to Weisbord 1973
Sister taxa: Alveopora allingi, Alveopora atarensis, Alveopora chiapanecae, Alveopora daedalea, Alveopora daxensis, Alveopora deningeri, Alveopora fenestrata, Alveopora japonica, Alveopora jessicae, Alveopora micropora, Alveopora oliveri, Alveopora polyacantha, Alveopora rudis, Alveopora somaliensis, Alveopora spongiosa, Alveopora verrilliana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ballast Point, Silex Bed [Tampa Limestone], which is in a Chattian/Aquitanian shallow subtidal limestone in the Arcadia Formation of Florida
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (7 collections)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (6), Jamaica (2), Venezuela (2)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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