Fungiastraea excelsa Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 (stony coral)

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

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