Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Full reference: L. Beauvais. 1978. Un nouveau genre de madreporaire ahermatypique et un nouveau mode de gemmation: Cardiastraea cristata nov. gen., nov. sp. du Lias du Maroc [A new genus of ahermatypic Scleractinia and a new budding pattern: Cardiastraea cristata n. gen., n. sp. from the Liassic of Morocco]. Geobios 11(1):85-89
Belongs to Cardiastraea according to L. Beauvais 1978
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is J. Outita col de Moussanoua, Atlas Mountains, which is in a Toarcian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in Morocco.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Morocco (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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