Complexastrea seriata Turnsek 1972 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Synonyms: Complexastraeopsis lobata Geyer 1965, Complexastrea lobata Geyer 1965

Belongs to Complexastrea according to Turnsek 1972

See also Kiessling 2003 and Morsch 1996

Sister taxa: Complexastraea sobkoviensis, Complexastrea burgundiae, Complexastrea carpathica, Complexastrea conybearei, Complexastrea coronata, Complexastrea cotteaui, Complexastrea dabroviensis, Complexastrea dobroljubovae, Complexastrea hemisphaerica, Complexastrea kachensis, Complexastrea kobyi, Complexastrea magna, Complexastrea major, Complexastrea multisepta, Complexastrea ngariensis, Complexastrea thevenini, Complexastrea zolleriana

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Austria (5 collections), China (1), Germany (2), Iran (1)

• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (1), Georgia (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (2), Slovenia (2), Spain (1)

Total: 18 collections including 22 occurrences

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