Isopora curacaoensis Budd and Wallace 2008 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Full reference: A. F. Budd and C. C. Wallace. 2008. First record of the Indo-Pacific reef coral genus Isopora in the Caribbean region: two new species from the Neogene of Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Palaeontology 51(6):1387-1401

Belongs to Isopora according to A. F. Budd and C. C. Wallace 2008

Sister taxa: Isopora brueggemanni, Isopora crateriformis, Isopora cuneata, Isopora ginsburgi, Isopora matahari, Isopora palifera, Isopora togianensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Salina, ridges_59, Curacao, which is in a Piacenzian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Seroe Domi Formation of the Netherlands Antilles

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of the Netherlands Antilles (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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