Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Belongs to Platygyra according to Chevalier 1975
Sister taxa: Platygyra acuta, Platygyra colombiana, Platygyra concentrica, Platygyra contorta, Platygyra crosslandi, Platygyra daedalea, Platygyra equisepta, Platygyra euaensis, Platygyra lamellina, Platygyra mareensis, Platygyra naroetensis, Platygyra renemai, Platygyra ryukyuensis, Platygyra sinensis, Platygyra singularis, Platygyra stricta, Coeloria denselephantis, Coeloria andrewsi, Coeloria wellsi, Astroria antiguensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Guam (2 collections), India (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (6), Mauritius (1), Pakistan (3), Papua New Guinea (10), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene of Papua New Guinea (1)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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