Cyphastrea decadia Moll and Borel- Best 1984 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Belongs to Cyphastrea according to Moll and Borel- Best 1984
Sister taxa: Cyphastraea coloi, Cyphastraea costata, Cyphastrea aliceae, Cyphastrea buddae, Cyphastrea chalcidicum, Cyphastrea crassa, Cyphastrea cymotoma, Cyphastrea gemmulifera, Cyphastrea hexasepta, Cyphastrea japonica, Cyphastrea microphthalma, Cyphastrea monticulifera, Cyphastrea ocellina, Cyphastrea serailia, Cyphastrea spinea, Cyphastrea tampae, Cyphastrea tubifera, Cyphastrea wanneri
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Quarry 23, Dent Peninsula, Sabah (Pliocene of Malaysia)
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