Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Coeloria daedalea, Madrepora daedalea, Maeandra daedalea
Synonyms: Astroria astreiformis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849, Coeloria astreiformis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849, Maeandra astreiformis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849, Platygyra astreiformis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Belongs to Platygyra according to J. P. Chevalier 1968
See also Sheppard 1987, Vaughan 1918 and Yabe et al. 1936
Sister taxa: Platygyra acuta, Platygyra colombiana, Platygyra concentrica, Platygyra contorta, Platygyra crosslandi, Platygyra equisepta, Platygyra euaensis, Platygyra lamellina, Platygyra mareensis, Platygyra naroetensis, Platygyra pini, Platygyra renemai, Platygyra ryukyuensis, Platygyra sinensis, Platygyra singularis, Platygyra stricta, Astroria antiguensis, Coeloria andrewsi, Coeloria denselephantis, Coeloria wellsi
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Djibouti (1), Egypt (11), French Polynesia (2), Guam (1), Indonesia (2), Iran (2), Japan (12), Jordan (1), Mauritius (2), New Caledonia (4), Pakistan (1), Papua New Guinea (12), Saudi Arabia (8), the Seychelles (1), Taiwan (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Egypt (1), Indonesia (2), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Egypt (1), Indonesia (7), Malaysia (1), Taiwan (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Tanzania (1)
Total: 80 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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