Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Alternative combination: Astrea bourgueti
Synonym: Cyathophora richardi Michelin 1843
Belongs to Cyathophora according to D. K. Pandey et al. 2007
See also Pandey and Fürsich 2003
Sister taxa: Cyathophora babaevi, Cyathophora bangoinensis, Cyathophora cesaredensis, Cyathophora claudiensis, Cyathophora densata, Cyathophora denseta, Cyathophora dollfussi, Cyathophora faveolata, Cyathophora globosa, Cyathophora gomangcoensis, Cyathophora haysensis, Cyathophora kobyi, Cyathophora micrommatos, Cyathophora mirtschinkae, Cyathophora neocomiensis, Cyathophora olssoni, Cyathophora parva, Cyathophora parvistella, Cyathophora pironae, Cyathophora pratti, Cyathophora pulchella, Cyathophora steimanni, Cyathophora steinmanni, Cyathophora thurmanni, Cyathophora tithonica
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Iran (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (3), the Czech Republic (3), France (1), Georgia (1), Germany (6), India (1), Iran (1), Italy (1), Poland (1), Portugal (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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