Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Alternative combinations: Astrea versipora, Favia versipora, Montastrea versipora, Orbicella versipora
Belongs to Plesiastrea according to W. Kiessling 2008
See also López-Pérez 2005, Yabe et al. 1936 and Yabe and Sugiyama 1937
Sister taxa: Plesiastrea californica, Plesiastrea costata, Plesiastrea fungiformis, Plesiastrea grayi, Plesiastrea incerta, Plesiastrea microcalyx, Plesiastrea moravica, Plesiastrea sulcatilamellosa
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (4 collections), Indonesia (3), Japan (11), Kenya (1), New Caledonia (4), Pakistan (2), Papua New Guinea (4), Pitcairn (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Philippines (1)
• Pliocene of Egypt (1), Indonesia (5), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (2)
• Miocene of Fiji (4), Papua New Guinea (1)
Total: 46 collections each including a single occurrence
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