Platygyra stricta Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Alternative combinations: Coeloria stricta, Maeandra stricta

Belongs to Platygyra according to J. P. Chevalier 1968

See also Vaughan 1918

Sister taxa: Platygyra acuta, Platygyra colombiana, Platygyra concentrica, Platygyra contorta, Platygyra crosslandi, Platygyra daedalea, Platygyra equisepta, Platygyra euaensis, Platygyra lamellina, Platygyra mareensis, Platygyra naroetensis, Platygyra pini, Platygyra renemai, Platygyra ryukyuensis, Platygyra sinensis, Platygyra singularis, Coeloria denselephantis, Coeloria andrewsi, Coeloria wellsi, Astroria antiguensis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), New Caledonia (4)

• Pliocene of Japan (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (2)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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