Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alternative combinations: Acropora cuneata, Madrepora cuneata
Synonyms: Acropora hispida Brook 1891, Acropora plicata Brook 1891, Isopora hispida Brook 1891, Madrepora hispida Brook 1891, Madrepora plicata Brook 1891
Belongs to Isopora according to C. C. Wallace et al. 2007
See also Felix 1920, Vaughan 1918, Veron 2000 and Wallace 1999
Sister taxa: Isopora brueggemanni, Isopora crateriformis, Isopora curacaoensis, Isopora ginsburgi, Isopora matahari, Isopora palifera, Isopora togianensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), New Caledonia (2), Papua New Guinea (17)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1), Niue (1)
• Miocene of Fiji (1)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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