Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Alternative combinations: Astrea bourgueti, Stylina bourgueti
Synonym: Cyathophora richardi Michelin 1843
Belongs to Cyathophora according to D. K. Pandey et al. 2007
See also d'Orbigny 1850, de Fromentel 1861, Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 and Pandey and Fürsich 2003
Sister taxa: Cyathophora alveolata, Cyathophora babaevi, Cyathophora bangoinensis, Cyathophora cesaredensis, Cyathophora corallina, Cyathophora densata, Cyathophora denseta, Cyathophora depravata, Cyathophora dollfussi, Cyathophora faveolata, Cyathophora globosa, Cyathophora gomangcoensis, Cyathophora gresslyi, Cyathophora haysensis, Cyathophora kobyi, Cyathophora micrommatos, Cyathophora mirtschinkae, Cyathophora neocomiensis, Cyathophora olssoni, Cyathophora parva, Cyathophora parvistella, Cyathophora pironae, 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), Czechia (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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