Dimorphastrea dubia Fromentel 1861 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Alternative combinations: Dimorphastraea dubia, Dimorphoseris dubia

Belongs to Dimorphastrea according to S. Rosendahl 1985

See also Bendukidze 1949, Geyer 1954 and Geyer 1955

Sister taxa: Dimorphastraea fallax, Dimorphastraea radshensis, Dimorphastraea renevieri, Dimorphastraea triadica, Dimorphastraea vasiformis, Dimorphastrea bellula, Dimorphastrea composita, Dimorphastrea concentrica, Dimorphastrea conica, Dimorphastrea cosmanni, Dimorphastrea delaunayi, Dimorphastrea excavata, Dimorphastrea explanata, Dimorphastrea fungiformis, Dimorphastrea glomerata, Dimorphastrea grandiflora, Dimorphastrea heteromorpha, Dimorphastrea irradians, Dimorphastrea irregulare, Dimorphastrea lamellosa, Dimorphastrea mitodaensis, Dimorphastrea multisepta, Dimorphastrea parvistella, Dimorphastrea petalophyes, Dimorphastrea radiata, Dimorphastrea regularis, Dimorphastrea scutellum, Dimorphastrea solida, Dimorphastrea speciosa, Dimorphastrea stantoni, Dimorphastrea subturonensis, Dimorphastrea sulcosa, Dimorphastrea tendagurensis, Dimorphastrea tenuistriata, Dimorphastrea tenustriata, Dimorphastrea toucasi, Dimorphastrea udzlourensis, Dimorphastrea vaughani, Dimorphastrea waehneri

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (4 collections)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1)

• Jurassic of Belarus (1), Czechia (1), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Portugal (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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