Toechastraea Volz 1896 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Parent taxon: Distichophylliidae according to D. Turnsek 1997

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Coryphylliinae, Coryphyllina, Craspedophyllia, Cuifia, Distichoflabellinae, Distichomorpha, Distichopsis, Paracuifia, Primorodendron, Proretiophyllia, Reimaniphyllia, Reimaniphylliinae, Retiophyllia, Distichophyllia, Craspedophylliinae, Distichophylliinae

Subtaxa: Toechastraea plana

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (1 collection), Italy (6), the Russian Federation (2), Slovenia (1), Turkey (1)

Total: 11 collections including 14 occurrences

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