Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combination: Turbinolia geoffroyi
Synonyms: Antillia orientalis Gerth 1921, Manicina amarantum Dana 1846, Trachyphyllia amarantum Dana 1846
Belongs to Trachyphyllia according to T. Inskipp et al. 2005
See also Gerth 1923, Kiessling 2008 and Kiessling et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Trachyphyllia bilobata, Trachyphyllia crassa, Trachyphyllia granti, Trachyphyllia sawkinsi, Antillia hadleyi, Antillia turbinata, Antillia clarki, Antillia poculiformis, Antillia persica, Antillia dominicensis, Antillia dentata, Antillia heueri, Antillia batequensis, Antillia cristata
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indonesia (1 collection), Japan (3)
• Pliocene of Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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