Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Parent taxon: Dendrophylliidae according to E. I. Kuzmicheva 1987
Sister taxa: Aplopsammia, Areopsammia, Astroides, Balanophyllia, Bathypsammia, Blastozopsammia, Cahuzacopsammia, Cairnsipsammia, Calostylopsis, Dendrophyllia, Dichopsammia, Duncanopsammia, Eguchipsammia, Enallopsammia, Endopachys, Endopsammia, Heteropsammia, Lamellophyllia, Leptopsammia, Lobopsammia, Makridinophyllia, Notophyllia, Paleoastroides, Reussopsammia, Rhabdopsammia, Rhizopsammia, Stereopsammia, Stichopsammia, Tubastraea, Turbinaria, Wadeopsammia
Subtaxa: Thecopsammia cylindrica
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Dnipropetrovsk, Mandrikovka Formation (Eocene of Ukraine)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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