Meandrophyllia tomesi Beauvais 1966 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Full reference: L. Beauvais. 1966. Etude des Madréporaires jurassiques du Sahara tunisien. Annales de Paléontologie (Invertébrates) 52(2):115-152

Belongs to Meandrophyllia according to L. Beauvais 1966

Sister taxa: Meandrophyllia amedei, Meandrophyllia cariacoensis, Meandrophyllia corrugata, Meandrophyllia greppini, Meandrophyllia heberti, Meandrophyllia lotharinga, Meandrophyllia macroseriata, Meandrophyllia meandriformis, Meandrophyllia meandroides, Meandrophyllia montezumae, Meandrophyllia oceani, Meandrophyllia plummeri, Meandrophyllia steini, Meandrophyllia textilis, Meandrophyllia tuberosa, Meandrophyllia uxacalcensis, Meandrophyllia velamentosa

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Poste optique (Tatahoiune)Tunisia (Jurassic of Tunisia)

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