Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alternative combinations: Acropora palifera, Astrea palifera
Belongs to Isopora according to C. C. Wallace et al. 2007
See also Vaughan 1918
Sister taxa: Isopora brueggemanni, Isopora crateriformis, Isopora cuneata, Isopora curacaoensis, Isopora ginsburgi, Isopora matahari, Isopora togianensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (23 collections), Guam (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (30), Kenya (7), Maldives (1), New Caledonia (3), Papua New Guinea (22), Pitcairn (1), the Seychelles (5), Taiwan (5)
• Pliocene of Niue (1), Papua New Guinea (1)
Total: 101 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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