Astreopora microcalix Chevalier 1963 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Full reference: J.-P. Chevalier. 1963. Les madréporaires de l'Aquitanien inférieur de Peyrère près de Peyrehorade (Landes). Annales de l'Association Régionale pour l'Etude et la Recherche Scientifique 1:3-16

Belongs to Astreopora according to J.-P. Chevalier 1963

Sister taxa: Astreopora (Astreopora), Astreopora annulata, Astreopora antiguensis, Astreopora auvertiaca, Astreopora compressa, Astreopora decaphylla, Astreopora densata, Astreopora digitata, Astreopora dubiosa, Astreopora duwamishensis, Astreopora ehrenbergi, Astreopora expansa, Astreopora gatuncilloensis, Astreopora goethalsi, Astreopora gracilis, Astreopora hemisphaerica, Astreopora hexaphylla, Astreopora hochstetteri, Astreopora leightoni, Astreopora listeri, Astreopora meneghiniana, Astreopora minima, Astreopora moretonensis, Astreopora mostarensis, Astreopora myriophthalma, Astreopora occidentalis, Astreopora portoricensis, Astreopora profunda, Astreopora rutteni, Astreopora sanjuanensis, Astreopora schedakena, Astreopora sphaeroidalis, Astreopora stellaris, Astreopora subcylindrica, Astreopora tecta, Astreopora wallaceae, Astreopora walli

Type specimen: Its type locality is Peyrehorade locality, which is in an Aquitanian shallow subtidal marl in France

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Peyrehorade locality

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