Fungiastraea (Fungiastraeopsis) Morycowa 1971 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Full reference: E. Morycowa. 1971. Hexacorallia et Octocorallia du Cretace Inferieur de Rarau (Carpathes Orientales Roumaines) [Early Cretaceous hexacorals and octocorals from Rarau (Eastern Carpathians, Romania)]. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 16(1-2):3-149

Parent taxon: Fungiastraea according to E. Morycowa 1971

Sister taxa: Fungiastraea arachnoides, 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

Subtaxa: Fungiastraea (Fungiastraeopsis) subpolygonalis

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Type: Fungiastraea (Fungiastraeopsis) subpolygonalis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Romania (2 collections), Serbia and Montenegro (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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