Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combination: Astrea pectinata
Synonyms: Goniastrea planulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848, Platygyra planulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Belongs to Goniastrea according to Vaughan 1918
See also Chevalier 1968 and Inskipp et al. 2005
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 peresi, Goniastrea retiformis, Goniastrea stelligera, Goniastrea tenera
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (3 collections), Eritrea (2), French Polynesia (3), Indonesia (2), Japan (10), Kenya (5), Mauritius (1), New Caledonia (5), Papua New Guinea (5), Saudi Arabia (9), Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (4), Japan (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (3)
Total: 57 collections including 58 occurrences
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