Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Favia laxa, Orbicella laxa
Belongs to Dipsastraea according to D. Huang et al. 2014
See also Inskipp et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Dipsastraea albida, Dipsastraea amicorum, Dipsastraea burgundiae, Dipsastraea favus, Dipsastraea helianthoides, Dipsastraea lacuna, Dipsastraea lizardensis, Dipsastraea maritima, Dipsastraea matthaii, Dipsastraea maxima, Dipsastraea pallida, Dipsastraea rotumana, Dipsastraea speciosa, Dipsastraea veroni
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (2 collections), Indonesia (1), Japan (3), Papua New Guinea (12), Saudi Arabia (7), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (2)
• Miocene of Fiji (1), Indonesia (2), Iran (2)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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