Protoheterastrea minor Turnsek and Buser 1989 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Protoheterastraeidae

Full reference: D. Turnsek and S. Buser. 1989. The Carnian reef complex on the Pokljuka (NW Yugoslavia). Razprave Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, 4. razred 30:75-127

Belongs to Protoheterastrea according to Turnsek 1989

Sister taxa: Protoheterastraea konosensis, Protoheterastrea leonhardi, Protoheterastrea pseudocolumellaris, Protoheterastrea trnovensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pokljuka reef, Northern Julian Alps, which is in a Carnian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Slovenia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Triassic of Greece (1 collection), Oman (2), Slovenia (4)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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