Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Full reference: S. H. Frost and R. L. Langenheim, Jr. 1974. Cenozoic Reef Biofacies. Chicago, Northern Illinois University Press 1-388

Belongs to Stylophora according to S. H. Frost and R. L. Langenheim 1974

Sister taxa: Stylophora affinis, Stylophora africana, Stylophora annulata, Stylophora binacuaensis, Stylophora cambridgensis, Stylophora canalis, Stylophora chiraensis, Stylophora coalescens, Stylophora compressa, Stylophora conferta, Stylophora cyclopleura, Stylophora damesi, Stylophora densata, Stylophora distans, Stylophora elongata, Stylophora eocaenica, Stylophora gaasensis, Stylophora garumnica, Stylophora gemmans, Stylophora goethalsi, Stylophora granulata, Stylophora granulata, Stylophora hercegowinensis, Stylophora imperatoris, Stylophora kuehlmanni, Stylophora macdonaldi, Stylophora minor, Stylophora minutissima, Stylophora monticulosa, Stylophora mordax, Stylophora octophylla, Stylophora panamensis, Stylophora parvistella, Stylophora paumotensis, Stylophora pistillata, Stylophora pocilloporoides, Stylophora ponderosa, Stylophora pulcherrima, Stylophora ramulosa, Stylophora raristella, Stylophora reussiana, Stylophora rugosa, Stylophora silicensis, Stylophora sokkohensis, Stylophora subreticulata, Stylophora tenuissima, Stylophora thirsiformis, Stylophora undata, Stylophora verrucosa, Stylophora willoughbyi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pueblo Nuevo reef, Chiapas, Mexico, which is in a Chattian reef, buildup or bioherm framestone in the La Quinta Formation of Mexico

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic