Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combination: Madrepora serailia
Synonym: Cyphastrea niasensis Gerth 1925 [objective synonym]
Belongs to Cyphastrea according to Matthai 1914
See also Mewis 2012 and Osberger 1954
Sister taxa: Cyphastraea coloi, Cyphastraea costata, Cyphastrea aliceae, Cyphastrea buddae, Cyphastrea chalcidicum, Cyphastrea crassa, Cyphastrea cymotoma, Cyphastrea decadia, Cyphastrea gemmulifera, Cyphastrea hexasepta, Cyphastrea japonica, Cyphastrea microphthalma, Cyphastrea monticulifera, Cyphastrea ocellina, Cyphastrea spinea, Cyphastrea tampae, Cyphastrea tubifera, Cyphastrea wanneri
Type specimens:
- Cyphastrea serailia: 1
- Cyphastrea niasensis: Its type locality is Gawo River, Nias, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene perireef or subreef limestone in the Nias Formation of Indonesia.
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (5 collections), Djibouti (1), Egypt (2), Indonesia (5), Japan (10), New Caledonia (9), New Zealand (15), Pakistan (1), Papua New Guinea (4), Saudi Arabia (3), Taiwan (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Egypt (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Egypt (1), French Polynesia (1), Indonesia (6), Japan (2), Papua New Guinea (1), Taiwan (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Fiji (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (1)
Total: 76 collections including 79 occurrences
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