Dactylosmilia d'Orbigny 1849 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Parent taxon: Faviidae according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Agathiphylliinae, Defrancia, Dictyoastraea, Favia, Hadrophyllia, Ksiazkiewiczia, Montastreinae, Sakalavastraea, Solenastrea, Thysanus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dactylosmilia in the database

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