Actinacis martiniana d’Orbigny 1850 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinacididae

Synonyms: Actinacis cymatoclysta Felix 1906, Actinacis multipartita Oppenheim 1930, Actinacis parvistella Oppenheim 1930

Belongs to Actinacis according to d’Orbigny 1850

See also Baron-Szabo 2003 and Felix 1906

Sister taxa: Actinacis alabamensis, Actinacis barretti, Actinacis cognata, Actinacis elegans, Actinacis haueri, Actinacis magna, Actinacis miyakoensis, Actinacis parvulina, Actinacis phineus, Actinacis remesi, Actinacis reussi, Actinacis rollei, Actinacis sawkinsi, Actinacis valverdensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Ukraine (1 collection)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Slovakia (1)

• Paleocene of Slovakia (6), Slovenia (1), Ukraine (1)

• Cretaceous of Austria (4), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (1), Georgia (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Mexico (2), Oman (1), Slovenia (2), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), the United Arab Emirates (3)

Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence

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