Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Full reference: M. Beauvais and A. M'Rabet. 1977. Les Madreporaires du Berriasien superieur du Djebel Siouf (Axe Nord-Sud, Tunisie Centrale). Notes du Service Géologique de Tunisie (43)103-137
Belongs to Fungiastraea according to M. Beauvais and A. M'Rabet 1977
Sister taxa: Fungiastraea (Fungiastraeopsis), Fungiastraea arachnoides, Fungiastraea columellaris, Fungiastraea conferta, Fungiastraea cotteaui, Fungiastraea crespoi, Fungiastraea cristata, Fungiastraea excavata, Fungiastraea gillieroni, Fungiastraea laganum, Fungiastraea moeschi, Fungiastraea muelleri, Fungiastraea oculata, Fungiastraea pseudarachnoides, Fungiastraea subtilis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Corals of Djebel Siouf, which is in a Berriasian marine marl in the Sidi Kralif Formation of Tunisia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Corals of Djebel Siouf
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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