Stylophora binacuaensis Altuna et al. 2007 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Full reference: A. Altuna, G. Álvarez-Pérez, P. Busquets and V. Etayo. 2007. Five new species of Bartonian (Eocene) corals: Jaca Basin, Pyrenees, Spain. Fossil Corals and Sponges: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, Graz 2003 17:435-453

Belongs to Stylophora according to A. Altuna et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Stylophora affinis, Stylophora africana, Stylophora annulata, Stylophora cambridgensis, Stylophora canalis, Stylophora chaneyi, Stylophora chiraensis, Stylophora coalescens, Stylophora compressa, Stylophora conferta, Stylophora cyclopleura, Stylophora damesi, Stylophora densata, Stylophora digitata, Stylophora distans, Stylophora elongata, Stylophora eocaenica, Stylophora gaasensis, Stylophora garumnica, Stylophora gemmans, Stylophora granulata, Stylophora granulata, Stylophora granulate, Stylophora hercegowinensis, Stylophora imperatoris, Stylophora italica, Stylophora kuehlmanni, Stylophora lindavistae, Stylophora macdonaldi, Stylophora minor, Stylophora monticulosa, Stylophora mordax, Stylophora octophylla, Stylophora parvistella, Stylophora paumotensis, Stylophora pistillata, Stylophora pocilloporoides, Stylophora ponderosa, Stylophora portbellensis, Stylophora pulcherrima, Stylophora ramulosa, Stylophora raristella, Stylophora reussiana, Stylophora rugosa, Stylophora silicensis, Stylophora sokkohensis, Stylophora subreticulata, Stylophora tenuissima, Stylophora thirsiformis, Stylophora undata, Stylophora verrucosa, Stylophora willoughbyi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Binacua, Bartonian Corals, Belsué-Atarés fm, Pyrenees, which is in a Bartonian perireef or subreef marl in the Belsué-Atarés Formation of Spain

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Binacua, Bartonian Corals, Belsué-Atarés fm, Pyrenees

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