Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Alternative combinations: Astrea websteri, Litharaea websteri
Synonyms: Goniopora epithecata Duncan 1880, Litharaea epithecata Duncan 1880, Litharaea subepithecata Oppenheim 1912, Litharaeopsis subepithecata Oppenheim 1912
Belongs to Goniopora according to Kuzmicheva 1975
See also Baron-Szabo 2008 and Drobne et al. 1988
Sister taxa: Goniopora affinis, Goniopora aldrichi, Goniopora ameliana, Goniopora astraeoides, Goniopora bieskidensis, Goniopora calhounensis, Goniopora christianiaensis, Goniopora ciliatus, Goniopora columna, Goniopora daxitertia, Goniopora decaturensis, Goniopora djiboutiensis, Goniopora elegans, Goniopora globulosa, Goniopora granosa, Goniopora hilli, Goniopora imperatoris, Goniopora katzeri, Goniopora laurina, Goniopora lobata, Goniopora lubinensis, Goniopora micrantha, Goniopora microscopica, Goniopora microsiderea, Goniopora minor, Goniopora nodulosa, Goniopora norfolkensis, Goniopora octopartita, Goniopora palmensis, Goniopora panamensis, Goniopora planulata, Goniopora polyformis, Goniopora regularis, Goniopora retifera, Goniopora reussiana, Goniopora rudis, Goniopora savignyi, Goniopora somaliensis, Goniopora stokesi, Goniopora stutchburyi, Goniopora tenella, Goniopora tenuidens, Goniopora turonensis, Goniopora vaughani
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Pakistan (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (2), Turkey (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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