Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Astrea pallida, Favia pallida
Synonyms: Favia amplior Edwards and Haime 1850, Favia doreyensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850, Favia hululensis Gardiner 1904, Parastrea doreyensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Belongs to Dipsastraea according to D. Huang et al. 2014
See also Inskipp et al. 2005, Sheppard 1987, Veron et al. 1977 and Yabe et al. 1936
Sister taxa: Dipsastraea amicorum, Dipsastraea favus, Dipsastraea helianthoides, Dipsastraea lacuna, Dipsastraea laxa, Dipsastraea lizardensis, Dipsastraea maritima, Dipsastraea matthaii, Dipsastraea maxima, Dipsastraea rotumana, Dipsastraea speciosa, Dipsastraea veroni
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (4 collections), Djibouti (2), Egypt (7), Guam (1), India (1), Indonesia (4), Japan (23), New Caledonia (11), Pakistan (3), Papua New Guinea (15), the Philippines (1), Saudi Arabia (10), Sudan (1), Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (3), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (8), Japan (2), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1), Iran (1)
• Tertiary of Indonesia (1)
Total: 103 collections including 105 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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