Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Full reference: M. Eguchi. 1951. Mesozoic hexacorals from Japan. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Geology 24:1-96
Belongs to Aplosmilia according to Eguchi 1951
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 suevica, Aplosmilia tochikuboensis
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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