Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Alternative spelling: Acanthastraea
Parent taxon: Lobophylliidae according to Dai and Horng 2009
See also Sepkoski 2002, Veron 2000 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Australomussa, Cynarina, Echinophyllia, Lobophyllia, Moseleya, Oxypora, Symphyllia
Subtaxa: Acanthastrea crenulata Acanthastrea dausi Acanthastrea echinata Acanthastrea hemprichii Acanthastrea hillae Acanthastrea horrida Acanthastrea lordhowensis Acanthastrea polygonalis Acanthastrea termofurae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (4 collections), Eritrea (1), Guam (2), Indonesia (2), Japan (16), Kenya (5), New Caledonia (1), Pakistan (1), Pitcairn (1), Saudi Arabia (2)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (5), Austria (9), Egypt (2), Fiji (2), France (4), Greece (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (5), Italy (1), Malta (1), Morocco (2), Papua New Guinea (2), Spain (1), Turkey (1)
• Oligocene of Iran (1)
Total: 77 collections including 94 occurrences
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