Meandrarea nipponica Eguchi 1951 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Alternative combination: Astraeofungia nagaoi

Full reference: M. Eguchi. 1951. Mesozoic hexacorals from Japan. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Geology 24:1-96

Belongs to Meandrarea according to M. Eguchi 1951

See also Lòˆser 2026

Sister taxa: Meandraraea cerebriformis, Meandraraea duboisi, Meandraraea gazaensis, Meandraraea granulata, Meandraraea gresslyi, Meandraraea hiraigaensis, Meandraraea laminata, Meandraraea lorioli, Meandraraea media, Meandraraea mitodaensis, Meandraraea miyakoensis, Meandraraea pelissieri, Meandraraea plummeri, Meandraraea robusta, Meandraraea slatteri, Meandraraea somaensis, Meandraraea somalica, Meandraraea subataciana, Meandraraea sulcata, Meandraraea tulae, Meandrarea tuberosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oshima Island, Kesennuma, which is in a Hauterivian shallow subtidal limestone in the Yokonuma Formation of Japan

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Oshima Island, Kesennuma

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