Latomeandra plicata Goldfuss 1826 (stony coral)

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

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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

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