Dimorpharaea desori Koby 1888 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae

Alternative combination: Microsolena desori

Belongs to Dimorpharaea according to Beauvais 1964

See also Bendukidze 1949

Sister taxa: Dimorpharaea aequiseptalis, Dimorpharaea burulchiensis, Dimorpharaea catalaunica, Dimorpharaea convexa, Dimorpharaea deickei, Dimorpharaea expansa, Dimorpharaea globularis, Dimorpharaea japonica, Dimorpharaea koechlini, Dimorpharaea lehmani, Dimorpharaea lentiformis, Dimorpharaea lineata, Dimorpharaea manchacaensis, Dimorpharaea munsteri, Dimorpharaea ornata, Dimorpharaea stellans, Dimorpharaea tosaensis, Dimorpharaea williamsonensis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Greece (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Georgia (1), Switzerland (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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