Latiphyllia crassa Pratz 1910 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae

Alternative combination: Glyphephyllia crassa

Full reference: E. Pratz. 1910. A korallok leirasa [Description of the corals]. A Petervaradi Hegyseg (Fruska Gora) kretaidoszaki (hiperszenon-) faunaja [The Cretaceous (Upper Senonian) fauna of the Petervaradi Mountains (Fruska Gora)] 299-317

Belongs to Latiphyllia according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 2002

See also Pratz 1910

Sister taxa: Latiphyllia acutangularis, Latiphyllia altae, Latiphyllia bajociana, Latiphyllia clausa, Latiphyllia confluens, Latiphyllia curvicalix, Latiphyllia curvilateralis, Latiphyllia dichotoma, Latiphyllia dilatata, Latiphyllia dimorphastreoides, Latiphyllia grandis, Latiphyllia mexicana, Latiphyllia neocomiensis, Latiphyllia obtusangularis, Latiphyllia parallelacostata, Latiphyllia parallelolateralis, Latiphyllia praeramificenta, Latiphyllia recticalix, Latiphyllia rectilateralis, Latiphyllia rhipidoida, Latiphyllia suevica, Latiphyllia thurmanni, Latiphyllia trilateralis, Latiphyllia truncata, Diplocteniopsis (Diplocteniopsis), Diplocteniopsis (Ondadiplocteniopsis)

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cerevic, Fruska Gora Mountains, which is in a Campanian shallow subtidal marl/limestone in Serbia and Montenegro

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cerevic, Fruska Gora Mountains

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.