Caulastrea tumida Matthai 1928 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Synonym: Caulastrea yokoyamai Yabe and Sugiyama 1931

Belongs to Caulastrea according to Matthai 1928

See also Veron 1992

Sister taxa: Caulastraea geoffreyi, Caulastraea tournoueri, Caulastrea brevicaulis, Caulastrea connata, Caulastrea deformis, Caulastrea farsis, Caulastrea furcata, Caulastrea fusinieri, Caulastrea leptoclada, Caulastrea matheroni, Caulastrea portoricensis, Caulastrea pseudoflabellum

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (4 collections)

• Miocene of Indonesia (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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