Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Alternative combinations: Astrea crassoramosa, Astrocoenia crassoramosa, Enallocoenia crassoramosa
Full reference: H. Michelin. 1844. Iconographie Zoophytologique, description par localités et terrains des polypiers fossiles de France et pays environnants (4). 105-144
Belongs to Actinastrea according to W. Kiessling et al. 2011
See also Beauvais 1966, d'Orbigny 1850, D'Orbigny 1849, de Fromentel 1861, Geyer 1955, Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857, Pandey and Fürsich 2005 and Prinz 1991
Sister taxa: Actinastraea minima, Actinastraea pseudominima, Actinastraea pyrenaica, Actinastrea aequibernensis, Actinastrea asteriscus, Actinastrea bastidensis, Actinastrea benaixensis, Actinastrea besairiei, Actinastrea cavernata, Actinastrea cribellum, Actinastrea elongata, Actinastrea engolismensis, Actinastrea exigua, Actinastrea fromenteli, Actinastrea furcata, Actinastrea geminata, Actinastrea gibbosa, Actinastrea goldfussi, Actinastrea guadalupae, Actinastrea hexacnema, Actinastrea hexamera, Actinastrea hexaphylla, Actinastrea hourcqi, Actinastrea inrasa, Actinastrea lacvivieri, Actinastrea matheyi, Actinastrea minutissima, Actinastrea octolamellosa, Actinastrea parasitica, Actinastrea paucipaliformis, Actinastrea pedunculata, Actinastrea pentagonalis, Actinastrea piveteaui, Actinastrea plana, Actinastrea pseudominima, Actinastrea ramosa, Actinastrea regularis, Actinastrea sakalavensis, Actinastrea subdecaphylla, Actinastrea subornata, Actinastrea trochiformis, Actinastrea urgonensis, Enallocoenia callomoni
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Iran (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Chile (3), Czechia (1), Ethiopia (18), Iran (1), Poland (1), Portugal (12), Saudi Arabia (2), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (2)
Total: 42 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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