Protoheterastrea trnovensis Turnsek et al. 2003 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Protoheterastraeidae

Full reference: D. Turnsek, S. Buser, and I. Debeljak. 2003. Liassic coral patch reef above the "Lithiotid Limestone" on Trnovski Gozd Plateau, west Slovenia. Razprave Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, Razred za Naravoslovne Vede, IV 44(1):285-331

Belongs to Protoheterastrea according to D. Turnsek et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Protoheterastraea konosensis, Protoheterastrea leonhardi, Protoheterastrea minor, Protoheterastrea pseudocolumellaris

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gozd, Trnovski Gozd Plateau, patch reef, which is in a Pliensbachian platform/shelf-margin reef reef rocks in Slovenia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Protoheterastrea trnovensis in the database

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