Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Alternative combination: Comophyllia tosaensis
Full reference: M. Eguchi. 1951. Mesozoic hexacorals from Japan. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Geology 24:1-96
Belongs to Dimorpharaea according to Eguchi 1951
Sister taxa: Dimorpharaea aequiseptalis, Dimorpharaea burulchiensis, Dimorpharaea catalaunica, Dimorpharaea convexa, Dimorpharaea deickei, Dimorpharaea desori, Dimorpharaea expansa, Dimorpharaea globularis, Dimorpharaea japonica, Dimorpharaea koechlini, Dimorpharaea lehmani, Dimorpharaea lentiformis, Dimorpharaea lineata, Dimorpharaea manchacaensis, Dimorpharaea munsteri, Dimorpharaea ornata, Dimorpharaea stellans, Dimorpharaea williamsonensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Togano-mura, which is in a Tithonian/Berriasian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Japan
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (4)
• Jurassic of Indonesia (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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