Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae
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 crassa, Aplosmilia distans, Aplosmilia dumosa, Aplosmilia elegans, Aplosmilia grandicosta, Aplosmilia gregaria, Aplosmilia kobyi, Aplosmilia magnifica, Aplosmilia nuda, Aplosmilia rotunda, Aplosmilia rugosa, Aplosmilia semisulcata, Aplosmilia spathula, Aplosmilia spinosa, Aplosmilia suevica, Aplosmilia thurmanni, 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 intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Koyamada, Soma area
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