Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Alternative combination: Heterocoenia minima
Belongs to Heterocoenia according to E. Morycowa and A. Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002
Sister taxa: Heterocoenia bacellaris, Heterocoenia balkhanensis, Heterocoenia decipiens, Heterocoenia dendroides, Heterocoenia densa, Heterocoenia distans, Heterocoenia erecta, Heterocoenia exigua, Heterocoenia fuchsi, Heterocoenia gracilis, Heterocoenia grandis, Heterocoenia hilli, Heterocoenia inflexa, Heterocoenia minima, Heterocoenia minutisima, Heterocoenia pusilla, Heterocoenia tetraseptata, Heterocoenia verrucosa, Heterocoenia washitaensis, Hexasmilia ferryi, Hexasmilia elmari
Type specimen: Its type locality is Valea Izvorul Alb, Rarau area, NE Romania, which is in an Aptian shallow subtidal marl in Romania
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Greece (1 collection), Romania (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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