Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Alternative combinations: Isastrea thurmanni, Latimeandra thurmanni
Synonym: Elysastraea sakalavensis Alloiteau 1958
Belongs to Microphyllia according to O. F. Geyer 1955
See also Alloiteau 1958 and Baron-Szabo 2009
Sister taxa: Microphyllia acuta, Microphyllia astroides, Microphyllia brevivallis, Microphyllia contorta, Microphyllia convergens, Microphyllia curtata, Microphyllia cylindrica, Microphyllia davidsoni, Microphyllia densecostata, Microphyllia elevata, Microphyllia gagnebini, Microphyllia gemina, Microphyllia gracilis, Microphyllia jaspensis, Microphyllia kenyensis, Microphyllia labyrinthiformis, Microphyllia lineata, Microphyllia macropora, Microphyllia madagascariensis, Microphyllia maeandrinoides, Microphyllia mvitensis, Microphyllia pulchella, Microphyllia punctata, Microphyllia resanica, Microphyllia seriata, Microphyllia soemmeringii, Microphyllia sulcata, Microphyllia undans
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Poland (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (1), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (2), Madagascar (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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