Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Synonym: Solenastrea arborescens Gerth 1925
Belongs to Cyphastrea according to Yabe and Sugiyama 1932
See also Gerth 1925 and Leloux and Renema 2007
Sister taxa: Cyphastraea coloi, Cyphastraea costata, Cyphastrea aliceae, Cyphastrea buddae, Cyphastrea chalcidicum, Cyphastrea crassa, Cyphastrea cymotoma, Cyphastrea decadia, Cyphastrea gemmulifera, Cyphastrea hexasepta, Cyphastrea microphthalma, Cyphastrea monticulifera, Cyphastrea ocellina, Cyphastrea serailia, Cyphastrea spinea, Cyphastrea tampae, Cyphastrea tubifera, Cyphastrea wanneri
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (4 collections)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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