Crateroseris parvistella Negus and Beauvais 1979 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Synastraeidae

Full reference: P. E. Negus and L. Beauvais. 1979. The corals of Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire (English upper Oxfordian). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 90(4):213-227

Belongs to Crateroseris according to P. E. Negus and L. Beauvais 1979

Sister taxon: Crateroseris fungiformis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Steeple Ashton reef, England, which is in an Oxfordian reef, buildup or bioherm rudstone in the Steeple Ashton Coral Bed Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Steeple Ashton reef, England

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