Pleuractis paumotensis Stutchbury 1833 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Alternative combination: Fungia paumotensis
Synonyms: Fungia danai Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851, Fungia subpaumotensis Umbgrove 1946
Belongs to Pleuractis according to W. Kiessling 2014
See also El-Sorogy 2008, Sheppard 1987, Umbgrove 1946 and Yabe and Sugiyama 1941
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Egypt (2), Japan (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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