Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae
Alternative combination: Psammogyra hykeli
Belongs to Placogyra according to E. Morycowa 2012
See also Baron-Szabo 2009 and Roniewicz 2008
Sister taxa: Placogyra aldingeri, Placogyra brevimaeandra, Placogyra elegans, Placogyra felixi, Placogyra kuehni, Placogyra parelegans
Type specimen: holotype HF151, a skeleton. Its type locality is Stramberk reef, Czechia, which is in a Tithonian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Stramberk Limestone Formation of Czechia.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (2 collections), Spain (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1)
• Jurassic of Czechia (1), Poland (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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