Collignonastraea negusi Beauvais and Negus 1975 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Full reference: L. Beauvais and P. Negus. 1975. The Fairford coral beds. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 86:183-204

Belongs to Collignonastraea according to L. Beauvais and P. Negus 1975

Sister taxa: Collignonastraea grossouvrei, Collignonastraea jumarensis, Collignonastraea meandra, Collignonastraea salinensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Fairford Coral Bed, Gloucestershire, UK, which is in a Bathonian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the White Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Fairford Coral Bed, Gloucestershire, UK

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