Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Alternative spelling: Fungiastrea
Parent taxon: Latomeandridae according to E. Roniewicz 1976
See also Kiessling 2008, Pandey et al. 2007 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aggomorphastraea, Brachyseris, Collignonastraea, Comophyllia, Digitosmilia, Dimorphastrea, Ellipsocoenia, Fungiaphyllia, Latiastrea, Latomeandra, Loboseris, Microphyllia, Microphylliopsis, Mixastraea, Ovalastrea, Periseris, Thalamocaeniopsis, Thamnoseris, Trigerastraea, Trochoplegmopsis, Valliculastraea, Vallimeandra
Subtaxa: Fungiastraea (Fungiastraeopsis) Fungiastraea arachnoides Fungiastraea columellaris Fungiastraea conferta Fungiastraea cotteaui Fungiastraea crespoi Fungiastraea cristata Fungiastraea excavata Fungiastraea excelsa Fungiastraea gillieroni Fungiastraea laganum Fungiastraea moeschi Fungiastraea muelleri Fungiastraea oculata Fungiastraea pseudarachnoides Fungiastraea subtilis
Type: Fungiastraea laganum
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (4 collections), Azerbaijan (1), the Czech Republic (3), France (2), Georgia (1), Germany (5), Greece (5), Iran (2), Madagascar (1), Mexico (5), the Netherlands (4), Oman (1), Poland (2), Portugal (1), Romania (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (3), Switzerland (3), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Tunisia (1), Turkey (1), Turkmenistan (3), Ukraine (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of China (1)
• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (1), the Czech Republic (3), France (30), Georgia (1), Germany (7), Greece (1), Italy (2), Morocco (2), Poland (6), Portugal (16), Romania (3), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovenia (2), Spain (3), Switzerland (2), Thailand (2), the United Kingdom (4), Uzbekistan (3)
Total: 144 collections including 163 occurrences
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