Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Full reference: L. Beauvais and S. Nouiouat. 1993. Une nouvelle faune de coralliaire jurassiques dans l'Atlas sahariens d'Algerie [A new Jurassic coral fauna from the Saharan Atlas of Algeria]. Geobios 26(3):291-318
Belongs to Meandrophyllia according to L. Beauvais and S. Nouiouat 1993
Sister taxa: Meandrophyllia amedei, Meandrophyllia cariacoensis, Meandrophyllia corrugata, Meandrophyllia greppini, Meandrophyllia heberti, Meandrophyllia lotharinga, Meandrophyllia meandriformis, Meandrophyllia meandroides, Meandrophyllia montezumae, Meandrophyllia oceani, Meandrophyllia plummeri, Meandrophyllia steini, Meandrophyllia textilis, Meandrophyllia tomesi, Meandrophyllia tuberosa, Meandrophyllia uxacalcensis, Meandrophyllia velamentosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Djebel Tebag, Ouled Nails Mountains, which is in an Oxfordian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in Algeria
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Djebel Tebag, Ouled Nails Mountains
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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