Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Alternative combination: Madrepora fascicularis
Synonym: Cladocora kabiraensis Eguchi 1975
Belongs to Galaxea according to Oken 1815
See also Kiessling 2008 and Mewis 2012
Sister taxa: Galaxea acrhelia, Galaxea astreata, Galaxea elegantissima, Galaxea excelsa, Galaxea haligena, Galaxea horrescens, Galaxea junghuhni, Galaxea kabairaensis, Galaxea paucisepta, Galaxea salayarensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (5 collections), Djibouti (1), Egypt (26), Japan (9), Kenya (17), Mauritius (2), Mayotte (1), New Caledonia (1), Saudi Arabia (6), the Seychelles (1), Sudan (1), Taiwan (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (2), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (4), Iran (1)
Total: 82 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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