Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Favites insignis, Prionastraea insignis
Synonyms: Latimeandra gajensis Duncan 1880, Latimeandra reussi Duncan 1880
Belongs to Goniastrea according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
See also Baron-Szabo 2009 and Schuster 2002
Sister taxa: Goniastrea aloysiisabaudiae, Goniastrea australensis, Goniastrea canalis, Goniastrea capitata, Goniastrea cocchii, Goniastrea columella, Goniastrea crassisepta, Goniastrea curasavica, Goniastrea delemontana, Goniastrea edwardsi, Goniastrea favulus, Goniastrea grandiflora, Goniastrea longula, Goniastrea matanomadhensis, Goniastrea muralis, Goniastrea parvistella, Goniastrea parvula, Goniastrea pectinata, Goniastrea retiformis, Goniastrea stelligera, Goniastrea tenera, Goniastrea thiergartensis
Type specimens:
- Goniastrea insignis: Its type locality is Bhagathoro Hill, Sind, which is in a Priabonian shallow subtidal limestone/sandstone in Pakistan
- Latimeandra gajensis: Its type locality is Magar Pir, Karachi, Sind, Pakistan, which is in a Burdigalian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/sandstone in Pakistan.
- Latimeandra reussi: Its type locality is Magar Pir, Karachi, Sind, Pakistan, which is in a Burdigalian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/sandstone in Pakistan.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Pakistan (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Iran (1), Somalia (1)
• Eocene of Pakistan (1)
• Cretaceous of Jamaica (1)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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