Calamophylliopsis moreauana Michelin 1843 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae

Alternative combinations: Calamophyllia moreausiaca, Lithodendron moreausiacum, Rhabdophyllia moreauana

Full reference: H. Michelin. 1843. Iconographie Zoophytologique, description par localités et terrains des polypiers fossiles de France et pays environnants (3). 73-104

Belongs to Calamophylliopsis according to C. Errenst 1990

See also d'Orbigny 1850, de Fromentel 1861, Milne-Edwards 1857 and Morycowa and Misik 2005

Sister taxa: Calamophylliopsis cervina, Calamophylliopsis compacta, Calamophylliopsis compressa, Calamophylliopsis crassa, Calamophylliopsis elegans, Calamophylliopsis etalloni, Calamophylliopsis flabellata, Calamophylliopsis flabellum, Calamophylliopsis fotisalensis, Calamophylliopsis klothoensis, Calamophylliopsis kyrvakarensis, Calamophylliopsis lombricalis, Calamophylliopsis marini, Calamophylliopsis sandbergeri, Calamophylliopsis simonyi, Calamophylliopsis stockesi, Calamophylliopsis vidali, Cladophylliopsis alternicosta

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Bulgaria (1 collection), Germany (3), Poland (4), Romania (1), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (2), Spain (1)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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