Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Alternative spelling: Dictyarea
Parent taxon: Poritidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Kiessling 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bernardpora, Goniopora, Porites, Poritipora, Stylaraea
Subtaxa: Dictyaraea anomala Dictyaraea gaasensis Dictyaraea garauxi Dictyaraea micrantha Dictyaraea poritoides
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indonesia (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (7)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1), Malaysia (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (12), Iran (1), Malaysia (1), the Marshall Islands (5), New Zealand (1), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Italy (1), Spain (1)
• Eocene of Italy (2)
• Cretaceous of United States (4: Mississippi)
Total: 40 collections including 47 occurrences
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