Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combination: Madrepora lamellosa
Belongs to Echinopora according to Matthai 1914
Sister taxa: Echinopora crassatina, Echinopora forskaliana, Echinopora fruticulosa, Echinopora gemmacea, Echinopora hirsutissima, Echinopora mammiformis, Echinopora miocenica, Echinopora pacificus, Echinopora pelarangensis, Echinopora porosa
Type specimen: 1
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Egypt (4), Indonesia (1), Japan (4), Jordan (1), New Caledonia (1), Saudi Arabia (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (2)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (4)
• Miocene of Fiji (1)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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