Dictyaraea Reuss 1867 (stony coral)

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

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Indonesia (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (7)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1)

• Miocene of Indonesia (12), Iran (1), Malaysia (2), the Marshall Islands (5), New Zealand (1), Papua New Guinea (2)

• Oligocene of France (1), Italy (1), Spain (1)

• Eocene of Italy (2)

• Cretaceous of United States (4: Mississippi)

Total: 41 collections including 48 occurrences

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