Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Alternative combinations: Astrea explanata, Isastraea explanata, Thamnastraea explanata
Full reference: G. z. Muenster. 1829. Petrefacta Germaniae (1, 2). 77-164
Belongs to Isastrea according to E. Flügel 1966
See also Bendukidze 1949, de Fromentel 1861 and Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
Sister taxa: Isastraea arachnoidea, Isastraea azzarolae, Isastraea bastiani, Isastraea bernardana, Isastraea blandina, Isastraea burgundiae, Isastraea cabanetana, Isastraea conferta, Isastraea corallina, Isastraea dissimilis, Isastraea dubia, Isastraea excavata, Isastraea excavata, Isastraea explanulata, Isastraea favosiformis, Isastraea grandis, Isastraea henocquii, Isastraea koechlini, Isastraea lamartine, Isastraea martini, Isastraea moneta, Isastraea mosensis, Isastraea multistriata, Isastraea munsteri, Isastraea noe, Isastraea oblonga, Isastraea perforata, Isastraea portlandica, Isastraea propinqua, Isastraea striata, Isastraea turbinata, Isastrea alimena, Isastrea angulosa, Isastrea angustata, Isastrea bernardi, Isastrea bernardiana, Isastrea bernensis, Isastrea browni, Isastrea cesarensis, Isastrea collignoni, Isastrea condeana, Isastrea crassa, Isastrea crassisepta, Isastrea decorata, Isastrea deligata, Isastrea elegans, Isastrea excentrica, Isastrea explanulata, Isastrea fallax, Isastrea fasciata, Isastrea foliacea, Isastrea fromenteli, Isastrea goldfussi, Isastrea grandiflora, Isastrea greppini, Isastrea gresslyi, Isastrea helianthoides, Isastrea hemisphaerica, Isastrea hourcqi, Isastrea incerta, Isastrea jurensis, Isastrea kosodeensis, Isastrea limitata, Isastrea lonsdalii, Isastrea marcoui, Isastrea matumotoi, Isastrea nantuacumensis, Isastrea neocomiensis, Isastrea octogona, Isastrea orbignyi, Isastrea parva, 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, Prionastrea goldfussiana, Parisastraea collignoni
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (1), Ethiopia (2), France (3), Germany (1), Iran (2), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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