Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Astrea speciosa, Favia speciosa
Belongs to Dipsastraea according to D. Huang et al. 2014
See also Yabe et al. 1936
Sister taxa: Dipsastraea albida, Dipsastraea amicorum, Dipsastraea favus, Dipsastraea helianthoides, Dipsastraea lacuna, Dipsastraea laxa, Dipsastraea lizardensis, Dipsastraea maritima, Dipsastraea matthaii, Dipsastraea maxima, Dipsastraea pallida, Dipsastraea rotumana, Dipsastraea veroni
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Egypt (4), Eritrea (1), India (2), Indonesia (1), Japan (10), Jordan (3), New Caledonia (4), New Zealand (6), Pakistan (3), Saudi Arabia (4), Sudan (1), Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (2), the Philippines (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (3), Japan (4), Taiwan (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (2)
Total: 56 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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