Plocoastraea Chevalier 1968 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Full reference: J. P. Chevalier. 1968. Les Madreporaires fossiles de Mare [The fossil corals from Mare]. Expedition Francaise sur les recifs coralliens de la Nouvelle Caledonie 3:85-158

Parent taxon: Agariciidae according to J. P. Chevalier 1968

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Agaricia, Coeloseris, Cyathoseris, Helioseris, Heterogyra, Hydnophoroseris, Lamellofungia, Leptoseris, Maeandrella, Mioseris, Monticuliphyllia, Morphastrea, Ogilviastraea, Pachyseris, Pavona, Trochoseris, Trochoseropsis, Valloria, Vaughanoseris

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plocoastraea in the database

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.