Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Alternative combination: Agaricia speciosa
Synonyms: Agaricia levicollis Dana 1846, Pachyseris levicollis Dana 1846
Belongs to Pachyseris according to Vaughan 1918
See also Chevalier 1968 and Sheppard 1987
Sister taxa: Pachyseris (Pavonaraea), Pachyseris affinis, Pachyseris compacta, Pachyseris cristata, Pachyseris curvata, Pachyseris denticulata, Pachyseris distans, Pachyseris irregularis, Pachyseris rugosa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (9 collections), Eritrea (1), French Polynesia (1), Indonesia (2), Japan (10), New Caledonia (2), Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (2), Papua New Guinea (1), Taiwan (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (2)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1), Tanzania (1)
Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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