Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alternative spelling: Acropora (Isopora)
Parent taxon: Acroporidae according to A. F. Budd and C. C. Wallace 2008
See also Wallace 1999
Sister taxa: Acropora, Alveopora, Anacropora, Astreopora, Bacarella, Dendracis, Diplocoenia, Etallonasteria, Gravieropsammia, Montipora, Palaestraeopora, Paretallonia
Subtaxa: Isopora brueggemanni Isopora crateriformis Isopora cuneata Isopora curacaoensis Isopora ginsburgi Isopora matahari Isopora palifera Isopora togianensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (25 collections), Curaçao (1), Guam (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (30), Kenya (7), Maldives (1), New Caledonia (5), Papua New Guinea (23), Pitcairn (1), the Seychelles (5), South Pacific (1), Taiwan (5)
• Pliocene of Curaçao (12), Indonesia (1), Niue (1), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of Fiji (2), Indonesia (3)
Total: 126 collections including 152 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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