Astrea annuligera Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Montastrea annuligera, Orbicella annuligera
Belongs to Astrea according to D. Huang et al. 2014
See also Kiessling 2008 and Montanaro Gallitelli 1973
Sister taxa: Astrea breaensis, Astrea curta, Astrea limbata, Astrea rotulosa, Astrea venusta
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Eritrea (1 collection), French Polynesia (2), India (1), Japan (2), Papua New Guinea (7)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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