Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Belongs to Platygyra according to Veron 1990
Sister taxa: Platygyra acuta, Platygyra colombiana, Platygyra concentrica, Platygyra crosslandi, Platygyra daedalea, Platygyra equisepta, Platygyra euaensis, Platygyra lamellina, Platygyra mareensis, Platygyra naroetensis, Platygyra pini, Platygyra renemai, Platygyra ryukyuensis, Platygyra sinensis, Platygyra singularis, Platygyra stricta, Astroria antiguensis, Coeloria wellsi, Coeloria andrewsi, Coeloria denselephantis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (7 collections)
• Miocene of Papua New Guinea (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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