Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Synonym: Fungia plana Studer 1877
Belongs to Fungia according to Verrill 1864
See also Kiessling et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Fungia (Verrillofungia), Fungia actinodiscus, Fungia borneensis, Fungia decipiens, Fungia fralinae, Fungia fungites, Fungia granulosa, Fungia halophila, Fungia horrida, Fungia inaequicostata, Fungia klunzingeri, Fungia laevis, Fungia moluccensis, Fungia proechinata, Fungia pseudoechinata, Fungia scabra, Fungia scutaria, Fungia uniformis, Fungia valida
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Egypt (1), Eritrea (2), Indonesia (2), New Caledonia (1), Saudi Arabia (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (4), Papua New Guinea (1)
Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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