Seriatopora hystrix Dana 1846 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Synonym: Seriatopora angulata Klunzinger 1879

Belongs to Seriatopora according to J.E.N. Veron 2000

See also Montanaro Gallitelli 1973 and Sheppard 1987

Sister taxa: Seriatopora caliendrum, Seriatopora delicatula, Seriatopora micrommata, Seriatopora ornata, Seriatopora regulata

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (5 collections), Djibouti (1), Indonesia (2), Japan (3), Mauritius (1), New Caledonia (3), Samoa (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Vanuatu (1)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (7), Papua New Guinea (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (3)

• Miocene of the Marshall Islands (1), United States Minor Outlying Islands (1)

Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence

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