Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Heliastrea curta, Montastrea curta, Orbicella curta, Plesiastrea curta
Synonyms: Astrea quadrangularis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849, Orbicella quadrangularis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Belongs to Astrea according to D. Huang et al. 2014
See also Chevalier 1968, Gregory 1900, Inskipp et al. 2005, Sasaki et al. 2004, Wells 1982 and Wijsman-Best 1977
Sister taxa: Astrea annuligera, Astrea breaensis, Astrea limbata, Astrea rotulosa, Astrea venusta
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Egypt (2), French Polynesia (2), Guam (2), Indonesia (2), Japan (9), New Caledonia (4), New Zealand (8), Papua New Guinea (7), Pitcairn (2), Vanuatu (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (3), Japan (2), Taiwan (1)
• Miocene of Fiji (1), France (1), Indonesia (1), United States Minor Outlying Islands (1)
Total: 53 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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