Edwardsastraea Roniewicz 1970 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Full reference: E. Roniewicz. 1970. Scleractinia from the Upper Portlandian of Tisbury, Wiltshire, England. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 15(4):519-532

Parent taxon: Merulinidae according to W. Kiessling 2021

See also Roniewicz 1970 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anisocoenia, Antiguastrea, Aquitanastraea, Astrea, Australogyra, Bikiniastrea, Boninastrea, Cladocora, Coelastrea, Cyphastrea, Dictuophyllia, Diplogyra, Dipsastraea, Echinopora, Erythrastrea, Favites, Goniastrea, Hydnophora, Hydnophyllia, Leptoria, Liptodendron, Merulina, Monticulastraea, Mycedium, Orbicella, Oulophyllia, Paraclavarina, Paraleptoria, Paramontastraea, Parastrea, Pectinia, Phacellocoenia, Platygyra, Plavecia, Procladocora, Scapophyllia, Tarbellastraea, Trachyphyllia

Subtaxa: Edwardsastraea tisburiensis

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Type: Edwardsastraea tisburiensis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tisbury, Wiltshire (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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