Aplosmilia tochikuboensis Mori 1963 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae

Full reference: K. Mori. 1963. Geology and paleontology of the Jurassic Somanakamura Group, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Geology 35(1):33-65

Belongs to Aplosmilia according to K. Mori 1963

Sister taxa: Aplosmilia aspera, Aplosmilia coalescens, Aplosmilia distans, Aplosmilia elegans, Aplosmilia grandicosta, Aplosmilia kobyi, Aplosmilia magnifica, Aplosmilia nuda, Aplosmilia rotunda, Aplosmilia rugosa, Aplosmilia semisulcata, Aplosmilia somaensis, Aplosmilia suevica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Koyamada, Soma area, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal grainstone/lime mudstone in the Nakanosawa Formation of Japan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Koyamada, Soma area

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