Blastomussa Wells 1961 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Plerogyridae
Synonym: Parasimplastrea Sheppard 1985
Parent taxon: Plerogyridae according to W. Kiessling 2021
See also Veron 2000
Sister taxa: Nemenzophyllia, Physogyra, Plerogyra
Subtaxa: Blastomussa merleti Blastomussa simplicitexta
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (2 collections), Indonesia (1), Pakistan (2)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (5), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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