Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Hydnophoraraea styriaca, Monticularia styriaca
Synonym: Hydnophora blancoensis Wells 1932
Belongs to Hydnophora according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
See also Baron-Szabo 2003
Sister taxa: Hydnophora ackermanni, Hydnophora affinis, Hydnophora astraeoides, Hydnophora cristatoseriata, Hydnophora exesa, Hydnophora ferryi, Hydnophora grandis, Hydnophora infundibulum, Hydnophora microconos, Hydnophora oppenheimi, Hydnophora pilosa, Hydnophora provincialis, Hydnophora pulchra, Hydnophora rudis, Hydnophora tenella, Hydnophora variabilis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (3 collections), Germany (3), Greece (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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