Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combination: Dasyphyllia brevicaulis
Full reference: J. Felix. 1915. Jungtertiäre und quartäre Anthozoen von Timor und Obi, 1. Teil [Upper Tertiary and Quarternary Anthozoa from Timor and Obi, part 1]. Paläontologie von Timor 2:3-45
Belongs to Caulastrea according to W. Kiessling 2009
See also Felix 1915
Sister taxa: Caulastraea geoffreyi, Caulastraea tournoueri, Caulastrea connata, Caulastrea deformis, Caulastrea farsis, Caulastrea furcata, Caulastrea fusinieri, Caulastrea leptoclada, Caulastrea matheroni, Caulastrea portoricensis, Caulastrea pseudoflabellum, Caulastrea tumida
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mota Talau River, which is in a Pliocene perireef or subreef limestone/marl in Indonesia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Mota Talau River
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