Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Alternative combination: Astrea echinata
Belongs to Acanthastrea according to Vaughan 1918
Sister taxa: Acanthastrea crenulata, Acanthastrea dausi, Acanthastrea hemprichii, Acanthastrea hillae, Acanthastrea horrida, Acanthastrea lordhowensis, Acanthastrea polygonalis, Acanthastrea termofurae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (3 collections), Eritrea (1), Guam (2), Japan (9), Kenya (2), New Caledonia (1), Pakistan (1), Pitcairn (1), Saudi Arabia (2)
• Pliocene of Malaysia (1), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Papua New Guinea (1)
Total: 27 collections including 28 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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