Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combination: Rhabdophylliopsis thomkai
Full reference: H. Eliasova. 1991. Quelques Scléractiniaires nouveaux de la Slovaquie (Crétacé et Paléogène, Tchécoslovaquie) [Some new Scleractinia from Slovakia (Cretaceous and Paleogene)]. Zapadne Karpaty, Seria Paleontologia 15:49-55
Belongs to Phacellocoenia according to R. Baron-Szabo 2008
See also Eliasova 1991
Sister taxa: Phacellocoenia bazerquei, Phacellocoenia tolmachoffana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Benatina, which is in a Paleocene marine horizon in the Proc Conglomerate Formation of Slovakia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Benatina
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