Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Full reference: C. C. Wallace. 2008. New species and records from the Eocene of England and France support early diversification of the coral genus Acropora. Journal of Paleontology 82(2):313-328

Belongs to Acropora according to C. C. Wallace 2008

Sister taxa: Acropora abrotanoides, Acropora acuminata, Acropora alvarezi, Acropora anglica, Acropora aspera, Acropora austera, Acropora bancellsae, Acropora bartonensis, Acropora bonellii, Acropora branchi, Acropora cerealis, Acropora cervicornis, Acropora clathrata, Acropora cylindrica, Acropora cytherea, Acropora deformis, Acropora digitifera, Acropora divaricata, Acropora donei, Acropora duncani, Acropora elizabethensis, Acropora exarata, Acropora fennemai, Acropora florida, Acropora gemmifera, Acropora glauca, Acropora globiceps, Acropora grandis, Acropora haidingeri, Acropora hemprichii, Acropora hoeksemai, Acropora horrida, Acropora humilis, Acropora hyacinthus, Acropora indonesia, Acropora intermedia, Acropora irregularis, Acropora kosurini, Acropora lamarcki, Acropora latistella, Acropora lavandulina, Acropora listeri, Acropora longicyathus, Acropora lovelli, Acropora lutkeni, Acropora microphthalma, Acropora millepora, Acropora minuta, Acropora monticulosa, Acropora muricata, Acropora nasuta, Acropora natalensis, Acropora nobilis, Acropora orbicularis, Acropora ornata, Acropora pachymorpha, Acropora palmata, Acropora palmerae, Acropora panamensis, Acropora pharaonis, Acropora pinguis, Acropora polystoma, Acropora proteacea, Acropora pulchra, Acropora ramosi, Acropora robusta, Acropora roemeri, Acropora roseni, Acropora rudis, Acropora saludensis, Acropora samoensis, Acropora schmitti, Acropora secale, Acropora selago, Acropora solanderi, Acropora solitaryensis, Acropora spicifera, Acropora squarrosa, Acropora stoddarti, Acropora tampaensis, Acropora tenuis, Acropora teres, Acropora tergestina, Acropora tumida, Acropora valenciennesi, Acropora valida, Acropora variolosa, Acropora vaughani, Acropora wilsonae, Acropora yongei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Brockenhurst, which is in a Priabonian shallow subtidal mudstone in the Middle Headon Beds Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder