Complexastrea dobroljubovae Bendukidze 1982 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Full reference: N. S. Bendukidze. 1982. Pozdneyurskiye korally rifogennykh otlozheniy Kavkaza i Kryma [Upper Jurassic corals from the reef deposits of the Caucasus and Crimea]. Akademiya Nauk Gruzinskoy SSR, Geologicheskiy Institut imeni A I Dzhanelidze, Trudy 74:1-166

Belongs to Complexastrea according to N. S. Bendukidze 1982

Sister taxa: Complexastraea sobkoviensis, Complexastrea burgundiae, Complexastrea carpathica, Complexastrea conybearei, Complexastrea coronata, Complexastrea cotteaui, Complexastrea dabroviensis, Complexastrea hemisphaerica, Complexastrea kachensis, Complexastrea kobyi, Complexastrea magna, Complexastrea major, Complexastrea multisepta, Complexastrea ngariensis, Complexastrea seriata, Complexastrea thevenini, Complexastrea zolleriana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oshten-Fisht Mountains, Caucasus, which is in an Oxfordian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Russian Federation

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Oshten-Fisht Mountains, Caucasus

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