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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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