Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Belongs to Platygyra according to Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
Sister taxa: Platygyra acuta, Platygyra colombiana, Platygyra concentrica, Platygyra contorta, Platygyra crosslandi, Platygyra daedalea, Platygyra equisepta, Platygyra euaensis, Platygyra lamellina, Platygyra mareensis, Platygyra naroetensis, Platygyra pini, Platygyra renemai, Platygyra sinensis, Platygyra singularis, Platygyra stricta, Astroria antiguensis, Coeloria wellsi, Coeloria andrewsi, Coeloria denselephantis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (7 collections), Papua New Guinea (7), the Philippines (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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