Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Alternative combinations: Madrepora arachnoides, Synastraea arachnoides, Synastrea arachnoides, Thamnastraea arachnoides
Belongs to Fungiastraea according to E. Roniewicz 1976
See also d'Orbigny 1850, de Fromentel 1861, Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 and Rosendahl 1985
Sister taxa: Fungiastraea (Fungiastraeopsis), Fungiastraea columellaris, Fungiastraea conferta, Fungiastraea cotteaui, Fungiastraea crespoi, Fungiastraea cristata, Fungiastraea excavata, Fungiastraea excelsa, Fungiastraea gillieroni, Fungiastraea laganum, Fungiastraea moeschi, Fungiastraea muelleri, Fungiastraea oculata, Fungiastraea pseudarachnoides, Fungiastraea subtilis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Iran (1 collection)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of China (1)
• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (1), Czechia (1), Georgia (1), Germany (5), Italy (1), Poland (3), Portugal (5), Romania (2), Slovenia (2), Spain (2), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (2), Uzbekistan (3)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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