Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combination: Madrepora chalcidicum
Belongs to Cyphastrea according to Matthai 1914
Sister taxa: Cyphastraea coloi, Cyphastraea costata, Cyphastrea aliceae, Cyphastrea buddae, Cyphastrea crassa, Cyphastrea cymotoma, Cyphastrea decadia, Cyphastrea gemmulifera, Cyphastrea hexasepta, Cyphastrea japonica, Cyphastrea microphthalma, Cyphastrea monticulifera, Cyphastrea ocellina, Cyphastrea serailia, Cyphastrea spinea, Cyphastrea tampae, Cyphastrea tubifera, Cyphastrea wanneri
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (9 collections), New Caledonia (6), Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (2), the Philippines (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (2), Japan (1), Malaysia (3), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (2)
• Miocene of New Zealand (2), Papua New Guinea (1)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
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