Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Alternative combinations: Astraea pentagonalis, Stephanocoenia pentagonalis
Belongs to Actinastrea according to D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich 2003
See also Bertling 1993
Sister taxa: Actinastraea minima, Actinastraea pyrenaica, Actinastrea aequibernensis, Actinastrea asteriscus, Actinastrea bastidensis, Actinastrea benaixensis, Actinastrea besairiei, Actinastrea cavernata, Actinastrea crassoramosa, Actinastrea cribellum, Actinastrea elongata, Actinastrea engolismensis, Actinastrea exigua, Actinastrea fromenteli, Actinastrea furcata, Actinastrea geminata, Actinastrea gibbosa, Actinastrea goldfussi, Actinastrea guadalupae, Actinastrea hexacnema, Actinastrea hexamera, Actinastrea hexaphylla, Actinastrea hourcqi, Actinastrea inrasa, Actinastrea lacvivieri, Actinastrea matheyi, Actinastrea octolamellosa, Actinastrea parasitica, Actinastrea paucipaliformis, Actinastrea pedunculata, Actinastrea piveteaui, Actinastrea plana, Actinastrea pseudominima, Actinastrea ramosa, Actinastrea regularis, Actinastrea sakalavensis, Actinastrea subdecaphylla, Actinastrea subornata, Actinastrea trochiformis, Actinastrea urgonensis, Enallocoenia callomoni
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Chile (3 collections), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (7), Iran (4), Lebanon (1)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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