Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Alternative combination: Prionastraea bernardiana
Belongs to Isastrea according to D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich 2003
Sister taxa: Isastraea arachnoidea, Isastraea azzarolae, Isastraea bastiani, Isastraea conferta, Isastraea turbinata, Isastrea alimena, Isastrea angulosa, Isastrea bernardi, Isastrea bernensis, Isastrea browni, Isastrea cesarensis, Isastrea collignoni, Isastrea crassa, Isastrea crassisepta, Isastrea decorata, Isastrea deligata, Isastrea elegans, Isastrea excentrica, Isastrea explanata, Isastrea explanulata, Isastrea fallax, Isastrea favosiformis, Isastrea fromenteli, Isastrea goldfussi, Isastrea greppini, Isastrea gresslyi, Isastrea helianthoides, Isastrea hemisphaerica, Isastrea hourcqi, Isastrea incerta, Isastrea kosodeensis, Isastrea limitata, Isastrea marcoui, Isastrea matumotoi, Isastrea nantuacumensis, Isastrea neocomiensis, Isastrea parvistella, Isastrea propinqua, Isastrea qingyanensis, Isastrea rariseptata, Isastrea richardsoni, Isastrea robusta, Isastrea salinensis, Isastrea sinemuriensis, Isastrea splendida, Isastrea sugiyamai, Isastrea superficialis, Isastrea taruensis, Isastrea tenuisepta, Isastrea tenuistriata, Isastrea whitneyi, Isastrea yuraensis, Parisastraea collignoni
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (48 collections), Germany (2), India (1), Iran (4), Luxembourg (1), Morocco (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovakia (4), Switzerland (1)
Total: 64 collections including 65 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.