Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Parent taxon: Fungiidae according to A. Gittenberger et al. 2011
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Axoseris, Cantharellus, Ctenactis, Cycloseris, Danafungia, Discotrochus, Funginellastraea, Halomitra, Heliofungia, Herpolitha, Hydnophyllon, Leptophyllon, Lithophyllon, Lobactis, Parahalomitra, Pleuractis, Podabacia, Polyphyllia, Reussiphyllon, Sandalolitha, Zoopilus
Subtaxa: Fungia actinodiscus Fungia borneensis Fungia decipiens Fungia fungites Fungia halophila Fungia inaequicostata Fungia klunzingeri Fungia laevis Fungia proechinata Fungia pseudoechinata Fungia scabra Fungia uniformis Fungia valida
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (5 collections), Cook Islands (1), Egypt (17), Eritrea (2), Indonesia (5), Japan (6), Malaysia (1), New Caledonia (1), North Pacific (1), Pakistan (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Saudi Arabia (9), the Seychelles (3), Vanuatu (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Egypt (1), Indonesia (3), North Pacific (1), the Philippines (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (16), Japan (3), Papua New Guinea (1), United States (1: Hawaii)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (2)
• Miocene of Egypt (1), Indonesia (7), Malaysia (2), Tanzania (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1)
Total: 99 collections including 123 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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