Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
The designation of the type species is a subsequent designation by Wells 1936, p. 100
Alternative combinations: Allocoenia furcata, Stephanocoenia furcata
Full reference: A. Étallon. 1859. Etudes paléontologiques sur le Haut-Jura. Rayonnés du Corallien. Mémoires de la Société d'Emulation du département du Doubs 3(3):401-553
Belongs to Actinastrea according to S. Rosendahl 1985
See also de Fromentel 1861, Geyer 1955 and Roniewicz 1966
Sister taxa: Actinastraea minima, Actinastraea pseudominima, Actinastraea pyrenaica, Actinastrea aequibernensis, Actinastrea asteriscus, Actinastrea bastidensis, Actinastrea benaixensis, Actinastrea besairiei, Actinastrea cavernata, Actinastrea crassoramosa, Actinastrea cribellum, Actinastrea elongata, Actinastrea engolismensis, Actinastrea exigua, Actinastrea fromenteli, Actinastrea geminata, Actinastrea gibbosa, Actinastrea goldfussi, Actinastrea guadalupae, Actinastrea hexacnema, Actinastrea hexamera, Actinastrea hexaphylla, Actinastrea hourcqi, Actinastrea inrasa, Actinastrea lacvivieri, Actinastrea limbata, Actinastrea matheyi, Actinastrea minutissima, Actinastrea octolamellosa, Actinastrea parasitica, Actinastrea paucipaliformis, Actinastrea pedunculata, Actinastrea pentagonalis, Actinastrea piveteaui, Actinastrea plana, Actinastrea pseudominima, Actinastrea ramosa, Actinastrea regularis, Actinastrea sakalavensis, Actinastrea subdecaphylla, Actinastrea subornata, Actinastrea trochiformis, Actinastrea urgonensis, Enallocoenia callomoni
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Ethiopia (2), France (2), Poland (1), Portugal (12)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
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