Diploastrea reussii Osberger 1955 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae

Full reference: R. Osberger. 1955. Beschreibung einiger tertiärer Korallen von Java [Description of some Tertiary corals from Java]. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte (6)252-256

Belongs to Diploastrea according to R. Osberger 1955

Sister taxa: Diploastraea crassicostata, Diploastrea aequalicostata, Diploastrea aequalis, Diploastrea alternicosta, Diploastrea applanata, Diploastrea bacata, Diploastrea burdigalensis, Diploastrea coronata, Diploastrea costata, Diploastrea crassicostata, Diploastrea crassolamellata, Diploastrea diversiformis, Diploastrea heliopora, Diploastrea hilli, Diploastrea incerta, Diploastrea italica, Diploastrea magnifica, Diploastrea miocenica, Diploastrea multisepta, Diploastrea roasendai, Diploastrea rosacea, Diploastrea speciosa, Diploastrea superficialis, Diploastrea taurinensis, Diploastrea variabilis, Diploastrea vaughani

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gunung Masigit, which is in an Oligocene/Aquitanian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Rajamandala Formation of Indonesia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Gunung Masigit

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