Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Alternative combination: Madrepora corymbosa
Belongs to Lobophyllia according to Matthai 1928
Sister taxa: Lobophyllia costata, Lobophyllia cylindrica, Lobophyllia flabelliformis, Lobophyllia hataii, Lobophyllia hemprichii, Lobophyllia incubans, Lobophyllia meandrinoides, Lobophyllia pachysepta, Lobophyllia pseudoturbinolia, Lobophyllia requieni, Lobophyllia robusta, Lobophyllia turbinata
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Egypt (6), Eritrea (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (6), Kenya (3), New Caledonia (2), Papua New Guinea (4), Pitcairn (1), Saudi Arabia (6)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (3)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1), Iran (1)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
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