Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Astrea retiformis, Goniastraea retiformis
Belongs to Goniastrea according to Matthai 1914
See also Gregory 1900
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 stelligera, Goniastrea tenera, Goniastrea thiergartensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (15 collections), Christmas Island (3), Djibouti (1), Egypt (10), Eritrea (2), French Polynesia (2), Guam (2), India (3), Indonesia (3), Japan (10), Kenya (5), Mauritius (2), Mayotte (1), New Caledonia (5), Pakistan (1), Papua New Guinea (17), the Philippines (4), Saudi Arabia (7), the Seychelles (1), Taiwan (1), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Egypt (1), Indonesia (2), the Philippines (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Egypt (1), Indonesia (13), Japan (2), Malaysia (1), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of Fiji (1)
Total: 121 collections each including a single occurrence
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