Mixastraea polyseptata Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Full reference: E. Morycowa and A. Marcopoulou-Diacantoni. 2002. Albian corals from the Subpelagonian Zone of Central Greece (Agrostylia, Parnassos region). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 72:1-65

Belongs to Mixastraea according to E. Morycowa and A. Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002

Sister taxa: Mixastraea danubica, Mixastraea westfalica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Agrostylia, Parnassos, which is in an Albian open shallow subtidal limestone in Greece

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Austria (2 collections), Greece (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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