Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1984. Notes on Indo-Pacific Scleractinian Corals. Part 10. Late Pleistocene ahermatypic corals from Vanuatu. Pacific Science 38(3):205-219
Belongs to Deltocyathus according to J. W. Wells 1984
Sister taxa: Deltocyathus australis, Deltocyathus complanatus, Deltocyathus fontinalis, Deltocyathus insperatus, Deltocyathus italicus, Deltocyathus lens, Deltocyathus stellaris, Deltocyathus taiwanicus, Deltocyathus tuberculatus, Deltocyathus verconis, Deltocyathus whitei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Navaka River, Espiritu Santo, which is in an Ionian offshore sandstone/siltstone in Vanuatu
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Navaka River, Espiritu Santo
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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