Fungia Lamarck 1801 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae

Parent taxon: Fungiidae according to lamarck 1801

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Axoseris, Cantharellus, Ctenactis, Cycloseris, Danafungia, Discotrochus, Funginellastraea, Halomitra, Heliofungia, Herpolitha, Hydnophyllon, Leptophyllon, Lithophyllon, Parahalomitra, Pleuractis, Podabacia, Polyphyllia, Reussiphyllon, Sandalolitha, Zoopilus

Subtaxa: Fungia (Verrillofungia) Fungia actinodiscus Fungia borneensis Fungia concinna 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

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (5 collections), China (1), Cook Islands (1), Djibouti (1), Egypt (20), Eritrea (3), Indonesia (5), Japan (8), Malaysia (1), New Caledonia (2), Pakistan (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Pitcairn (3), Saudi Arabia (12), the Seychelles (3), Taiwan (1), United States (1: Hawaii), Vanuatu (5)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), Egypt (1), Indonesia (3), the Philippines (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Taiwan (1)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (17), Japan (3), Papua New Guinea (1), United States (1: Hawaii)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (2)

• Miocene of Egypt (1), Indonesia (8), Malaysia (2), Tanzania (1)

• Eocene of Italy (1)

Total: 119 collections including 170 occurrences

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