Platygyra naroetensis Gerth 1923 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Alternative combination: Coeloria naroetensis

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 Platygyra according to W. Kiessling 2014

See also Gerth 1923

Sister taxa: Platygyra acuta, Platygyra colombiana, Platygyra concentrica, Platygyra contorta, Platygyra crosslandi, Platygyra daedalea, Platygyra equisepta, Platygyra euaensis, Platygyra lamellina, Platygyra mareensis, Platygyra pini, Platygyra renemai, Platygyra ryukyuensis, Platygyra sinensis, Platygyra singularis, Platygyra stricta, Coeloria denselephantis, Coeloria andrewsi, Coeloria wellsi, Astroria antiguensis

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

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Narut River, Borneo

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