Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Alternative combination: Caryophyllia astreata
Synonyms: Anthophyllum clavus Dana 1846, Galaxea clava Dana 1846, Galaxea clavus Dana 1846, Galaxea lamarcki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Belongs to Galaxea according to W. Kiessling et al. 2011
See also Inskipp et al. 2005, Umbgrove 1924 and Vaughan 1918
Sister taxa: Galaxea acrhelia, Galaxea elegantissima, Galaxea excelsa, Galaxea fascicularis, Galaxea haligena, Galaxea horrescens, Galaxea junghuhni, Galaxea kabairaensis, Galaxea paucisepta, Galaxea salayarensis
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (5 collections), India (1), Indonesia (3), Japan (7), Kenya (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Taiwan (1), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (6), Japan (1), Malaysia (2), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of Fiji (3), Indonesia (1)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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