Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Alternative combinations: Eunomia plicata, Latimaeandra plicata, Lithodendron plicatum
Full reference: G. A. Goldfuss. 1826. Petrefacta Germaniæ tam ea : quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata = Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der petrefacten Deutschlands und der angränzenden Länder /. 1-76
Belongs to Latomeandra according to D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich 2003
See also d'Orbigny 1850 and Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
Sister taxa: Latomaeandra labyrinthica, Latomeandra bonjouri, Latomeandra delemontana, Latomeandra dubia, Latomeandra ducreti, Latomeandra extensa, Latomeandra fromenteli, Latomeandra germaini, Latomeandra gresslyi, Latomeandra heimi, Latomeandra irregularis, Latomeandra isseli, Latomeandra juettneri, Latomeandra mayeri, Latomeandra minor, Latomeandra mitodaensis, Latomeandra obliqua, Latomeandra orthogrammica, Latomeandra ramosa, Latomeandra ramosa, Latomeandra renevieri, Latomeandra richei, Latomeandra sinuosa, Latomeandra steini
Subtaxa: Lithodendron plicatum nobis
Type specimen: Lectotype BIOB-PB-Goldfuss-157, a skeleton
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), Greece (2), Switzerland (1)
• Jurassic of Germany (7), Iran (1), Portugal (9)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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