Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Alternative combinations: Adelocoenia castellum, Astrea castellum, Stylina castellum
Synonyms: Adelocoenia heberti Alloiteau 1948, Convexastraea schardti Koby 1889, Cryptocoenia boehmi Pratz 1913, Pseudocoenia digitata d'Orbigny 1850, Pseudocoenia suboctonis d'Orbigny 1850, Stylina suboctonis d'Orbigny 1850, Stylina suboctononaria d'Orbigny 1850, Stylina waldeckensis Etallon and Thurmann 1864
Full reference: H. Michelin. 1844. Iconographie Zoophytologique, description par localités et terrains des polypiers fossiles de France et pays environnants (4). 105-144
Belongs to Cryptocoenia according to Koby 1881
See also Beauvais 1964, D'Orbigny 1849, de Fromentel 1861, Geyer 1955, Lathuilière et al. 2020, Michelin 1844, Milne-Edwards 1857 and Roniewicz 2008
Sister taxa: Cryptocoenia aguilerai, Cryptocoenia almerai, Cryptocoenia antiqua, Cryptocoenia arduennensis, Cryptocoenia biedai, Cryptocoenia brevis, Cryptocoenia cartieri, Cryptocoenia claudiensis, Cryptocoenia corbariensis, Cryptocoenia desori, Cryptocoenia dubia, Cryptocoenia fontserei, Cryptocoenia intricata, Cryptocoenia jacobi, Cryptocoenia matskevici, Cryptocoenia miyakoensis, Cryptocoenia neocomiensis, Cryptocoenia nivernensis, Cryptocoenia octonaria, Cryptocoenia octosepta, Cryptocoenia pistillum, Cryptocoenia pratti, Cryptocoenia regularis, Cryptocoenia stelliserrata
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Serbia (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (1), Bulgaria (1), Czechia (2), France (1), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Poland (4), Portugal (6), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
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