Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Alternative combination: Alveolites madreporacea
Belongs to Pocillopora according to d'Achiardi 1868
Sister taxa: Pocillopora arnoldi, Pocillopora baracoaensis, Pocillopora capitata, Pocillopora crassoramosa, Pocillopora damicornis, Pocillopora elegans, Pocillopora eydouxi, Pocillopora guadalupensis, Pocillopora guantanamensis, Pocillopora informis, Pocillopora jenkinsi, Pocillopora ligulata, Pocillopora maddenensis, Pocillopora palmata, Pocillopora robusta, Pocillopora verrucosa, Pocillopora woodjonesi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Indonesia (5 collections)
• Miocene of France (10), Italy (1), Portugal (1)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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