Acrosmilia flouesti de Fromentel and Ferry 1867 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae

Alternative combinations: Leptophyllia flouesti, Trochoplegma flouesti

Belongs to Acrosmilia according to L. Beauvais 1972

See also Fischer 1969

Sister taxa: Acrosmilia agassizi, Acrosmilia baltica, Acrosmilia baumbergeri, Acrosmilia conica, Acrosmilia conica, Acrosmilia cupulata, Acrosmilia depressa, Acrosmilia dilatata, Acrosmilia dubravitzensis, Acrosmilia elongata, Acrosmilia fungina, Acrosmilia minima, Acrosmilia pironai, Acrosmilia precursor, Acrosmilia robusta, Acrosmilia sanchezroigi, Acrosmilia separata, Acrosmilia soemmanni, Acrosmilia thrumanni, Acrosmilia thurmanni, Acrosmilia zitteli

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Saint-Gaultier, Creuse Valley (Jurassic of France)

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