Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Parent taxon: Fungiidae according to A. Gittenberger et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Axoseris, Cantharellus, Ctenactis, Cycloseris, Danafungia, Discotrochus, Fungia, Funginellastraea, Halomitra, Heliofungia, Herpolitha, Hydnophyllon, Leptophyllon, Lithophyllon, Lobactis, Parahalomitra, Podabacia, Polyphyllia, Reussiphyllon, Sandalolitha, Zoopilus
Subtaxa: Pleuractis granulosa Pleuractis moluccensis Pleuractis paumotensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Egypt (3), Eritrea (1), Japan (1), Saudi Arabia (5), Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1), Japan (1), Papua New Guinea (1)
Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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