Seriastraea crassa Roniewicz 1989 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae

Full reference: E. Roniewicz. 1989. Triassic Corals of the Zlambach Beds, Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch- naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Denkschriften 126:1-152

Belongs to Seriastraea according to E. Roniewicz 1989

Sister taxa: Seriastraea furukawai, Seriastraea multiphylla

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gosaukamm, Kesselwand-Rohrmoos/Schneckengraben, Austria, which is in a Rhaetian shallow subtidal marl/limestone in the Zlambach Formation of Austria

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Gosaukamm, Kesselwand-Rohrmoos/Schneckengraben, Austria

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