Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Favia stelligera, Orbicella stelligera
Belongs to Goniastrea according to D. Huang et al. 2014
See also Yabe et al. 1936
Sister taxa: Goniastrea aloysiisabaudiae, Goniastrea australensis, Goniastrea canalis, Goniastrea capitata, Goniastrea cocchii, Goniastrea columella, Goniastrea crassisepta, Goniastrea curasavica, Goniastrea delemontana, Goniastrea edwardsi, Goniastrea favulus, Goniastrea grandiflora, Goniastrea insignis, Goniastrea longula, Goniastrea matanomadhensis, Goniastrea muralis, Goniastrea parvistella, Goniastrea parvula, Goniastrea pectinata, Goniastrea peresi, Goniastrea retiformis, Goniastrea tenera
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (21 collections), Djibouti (1), Egypt (8), Eritrea (1), French Polynesia (6), Guam (1), Japan (7), Kenya (5), Madagascar (1), Mauritius (2), New Caledonia (7), Papua New Guinea (15), Pitcairn (1), Saudi Arabia (5), the Seychelles (1), Vanuatu (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of French Polynesia (1), Indonesia (1), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1)
Total: 91 collections each including a single occurrence
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