Manicina hydnophoroidea Duncan 1880 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Alternative combination: Leptoria hydnophoroidea

Belongs to Manicina according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006

Sister taxa: Manicina areolata, Manicina geisteri, Manicina grandis, Manicina jungi, Manicina pliocenica, Manicina puntagordensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution: found only at Abu Tartur SE, Kharga Oasis, Egypt (Paleocene of Egypt)

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