Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combination: Prionastraea australensis
Synonym: Goniastrea seychellensis Milne Edwards and Haime 1857
Belongs to Goniastrea according to T. Inskipp et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Goniastrea aloysiisabaudiae, Goniastrea canalis, Goniastrea capitata, Goniastrea cocchii, Goniastrea columella, Goniastrea crassisepta, Goniastrea curasavica, Goniastrea delemontana, Goniastrea edwardsi, Goniastrea favulus, Goniastrea grandiflora, Goniastrea insignis, Goniastrea longula, Goniastrea matanomadhensis, Goniastrea muralis, Goniastrea parvistella, Goniastrea parvula, Goniastrea pectinata, Goniastrea peresi, Goniastrea retiformis, Goniastrea stelligera, Goniastrea tenera
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (23 collections), Djibouti (1), Malaysia (1), New Zealand (14)
• Pliocene of Papua New Guinea (1)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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