Actinastrea minutissima Gerth 1921 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Alternative combinations: Astrocoenia minutissima, Stylocoeniella minutissima, Stylophora minutissima

Belongs to Actinastrea according to M. Mihaljević 2019

See also Gerth 1923, Kiessling 2014 and Leloux and Renema 2007

Sister taxa: Actinastraea minima, Actinastraea pseudominima, Actinastraea pyrenaica, Actinastrea aequibernensis, Actinastrea asteriscus, Actinastrea bastidensis, Actinastrea benaixensis, Actinastrea besairiei, Actinastrea cavernata, Actinastrea crassoramosa, Actinastrea cribellum, Actinastrea elongata, Actinastrea engolismensis, Actinastrea exigua, Actinastrea fromenteli, Actinastrea furcata, Actinastrea geminata, Actinastrea gibbosa, Actinastrea goldfussi, Actinastrea guadalupae, Actinastrea hexacnema, Actinastrea hexamera, Actinastrea hexaphylla, Actinastrea hourcqi, Actinastrea inrasa, Actinastrea lacvivieri, Actinastrea matheyi, Actinastrea octolamellosa, Actinastrea parasitica, Actinastrea paucipaliformis, Actinastrea pedunculata, Actinastrea pentagonalis, Actinastrea piveteaui, Actinastrea plana, Actinastrea pseudominima, Actinastrea ramosa, Actinastrea regularis, Actinastrea sakalavensis, Actinastrea subdecaphylla, Actinastrea subornata, Actinastrea trochiformis, Actinastrea urgonensis, Enallocoenia callomoni

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Indonesia (1 collection)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Malaysia (1)

• Miocene of Indonesia (5)

• Eocene of the Marshall Islands (3)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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