Aplosmilia tochikuboensis Mori 1963 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae

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 crassa, Aplosmilia distans, Aplosmilia dumosa, Aplosmilia elegans, Aplosmilia grandicosta, Aplosmilia gregaria, Aplosmilia kobyi, Aplosmilia magnifica, Aplosmilia nuda, Aplosmilia rotunda, Aplosmilia rugosa, Aplosmilia semisulcata, Aplosmilia somaensis, Aplosmilia spathula, Aplosmilia spinosa, Aplosmilia suevica, Aplosmilia thurmanni

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 intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Koyamada, Soma area

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