Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Belongs to Goniastrea according to Chevalier 1971
Sister taxa: Goniastrea aloysiisabaudiae, Goniastrea australensis, Goniastrea canalis, Goniastrea capitata, Goniastrea cocchii, Goniastrea columella, Goniastrea crassisepta, Goniastrea curasavica, Goniastrea delemontana, Goniastrea favulus, Goniastrea grandiflora, Goniastrea insignis, Goniastrea longula, Goniastrea matanomadhensis, Goniastrea muralis, Goniastrea parvistella, Goniastrea parvula, Goniastrea pectinata, Goniastrea retiformis, Goniastrea stelligera, Goniastrea tenera, Goniastrea thiergartensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (19 collections), Egypt (4), Guam (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (2), Papua New Guinea (7), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (2), Malaysia (2)
• Miocene of Tanzania (1)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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