Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Astroria sinensis, Meandrina sinensis
Synonyms: Coeloria delicatula Ortmann 1888, Maeandrina delicatula Ortmann 1888, Platygyra delicatula Ortmann 1888
Belongs to Platygyra according to Veron 1977
See also Chevalier 1968, Felix 1915, Kiessling 2008 and Veron et al. 1977
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 singularis, Platygyra stricta, Astroria antiguensis, Coeloria wellsi, Coeloria andrewsi, Coeloria denselephantis
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Egypt (2), India (1), Indonesia (3), Japan (9), New Caledonia (4), Pakistan (3), Papua New Guinea (16), the Philippines (1), Taiwan (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (3), Papua New Guinea (1)
Total: 46 collections including 47 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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