Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Alternative combination: Synastraea toucasi
Synonym: Thamnasteria hiraigaensis Eguchi 1951
Belongs to Dimorphastrea according to S. Tomás et al. 2008
See also Eguchi 1951
Sister taxa: Dimorphastraea corallina, Dimorphastraea cupuliformis, Dimorphastraea fallax, Dimorphastraea radshensis, Dimorphastraea renevieri, Dimorphastraea triadica, Dimorphastraea vasiformis, Dimorphastrea bellula, Dimorphastrea composita, Dimorphastrea concentrica, Dimorphastrea conica, Dimorphastrea cosmanni, Dimorphastrea delaunayi, Dimorphastrea dubia, Dimorphastrea excavata, Dimorphastrea explanata, Dimorphastrea fungiformis, Dimorphastrea glomerata, Dimorphastrea grandiflora, Dimorphastrea heteromorpha, Dimorphastrea irradians, Dimorphastrea irregulare, Dimorphastrea lamellosa, Dimorphastrea mitodaensis, Dimorphastrea multisepta, Dimorphastrea parvistella, Dimorphastrea petalophyes, Dimorphastrea radiata, Dimorphastrea regularis, Dimorphastrea scutellum, Dimorphastrea solida, Dimorphastrea speciosa, Dimorphastrea stantoni, Dimorphastrea subturonensis, Dimorphastrea sulcosa, Dimorphastrea tendagurensis, Dimorphastrea tenuistriata, Dimorphastrea tenustriata, Dimorphastrea udzlourensis, Dimorphastrea vaughani, Dimorphastrea waehneri
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (3 collections), Spain (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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