Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Full reference: F. Schuster. 2002. Scleractinian corals from the Oligocene of the Qom Formation (Esfahan-Sirjan fore-arc basin, Iran). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 239:5-55
Belongs to Leptoseris according to F. Schuster 2002
Sister taxa: Leptoseris alternans, Leptoseris amitoriensis, Leptoseris anguillensis, Leptoseris cucullata, Leptoseris delicatissima, Leptoseris dinarica, Leptoseris explanata, Leptoseris floriformis, Leptoseris gardineri, Leptoseris glabra, Leptoseris hawaiiensis, Leptoseris lauensis, Leptoseris mycetoseroides, Leptoseris papyracea, Leptoseris phylloides, Leptoseris portoricensis, Leptoseris santaciliaensis, Leptoseris scabra, Leptoseris solida, Leptoseris speciosa, Leptoseris walli, Leptoseris yabei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Abadeh, Leptoseris-Stylophora assemblage, Iran, which is in a Chattian shallow subtidal limestone in the Qom Formation of Iran
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of Iran (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Iran (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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