Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Synonym: Acanthocyathus malayicus Gerth 1923
Belongs to Acanthocyathus according to Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
See also Gerth 1923 and Leloux and Renema 2007
Sister taxa: Acanthocyathus spinosa, Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) fernandesi, Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) laterocristatus, Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) transilvanicus, Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) verrucosus, Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) versicostatus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indonesia (2 collections), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Philippines (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (4), Japan (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (2)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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