Echinophyllia robusta Gerth 1923 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Full reference: H. Gerth. 1923. Die Anthozoenfauna des JungtertiÃĪrs von Borneo [Anthozoa from the Upper Tertiary of Borneo]. Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden, serie 1 10:37-136

Belongs to Echinophyllia according to H. Gerth 1923

Sister taxa: Echinophyllia aspera, Echinophyllia echinata, Echinophyllia javana, Echinophyllia sassellensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kabasian River, Borneo, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Indonesia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Miocene of Indonesia (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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