Caulastrea leptoclada Felix 1921 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Full reference: J. Felix. 1921. Fossile Anthozoen von Borneo [Fossil Anthozoa from Borneo]. Paläontologie von Timor 9:1-64

Belongs to Caulastrea according to Felix 1921

Sister taxa: Caulastraea geoffreyi, Caulastraea tournoueri, Caulastrea brevicaulis, Caulastrea connata, Caulastrea deformis, Caulastrea farsis, Caulastrea furcata, Caulastrea fusinieri, Caulastrea matheroni, Caulastrea portoricensis, Caulastrea pseudoflabellum, Caulastrea tumida

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gunung Badupar, Borneo, which is in a Miocene perireef or subreef marl in Indonesia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Gunung Badupar, Borneo

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