Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Full reference: M. Eguchi. 1951. Mesozoic hexacorals from Japan. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Geology 24:1-96
Belongs to Dimorphastrea according to M. Eguchi 1951
Sister taxa: Dimorphastraea renevieri, Dimorphastraea triadica, Dimorphastrea bellula, Dimorphastrea composita, Dimorphastrea concentrica, Dimorphastrea conica, Dimorphastrea cosmanni, Dimorphastrea delaunayi, Dimorphastrea dubia, Dimorphastrea excavata, Dimorphastrea explanata, Dimorphastrea fallax, Dimorphastrea fungiformis, Dimorphastrea glomerata, Dimorphastrea grandiflora, Dimorphastrea heteromorpha, Dimorphastrea irradians, Dimorphastrea irregulare, Dimorphastrea lamellosa, Dimorphastrea parvistella, Dimorphastrea petalophyes, Dimorphastrea radiata, Dimorphastrea ratshensis, Dimorphastrea regularis, Dimorphastrea scutellum, Dimorphastrea solida, Dimorphastrea speciosa, Dimorphastrea stantoni, Dimorphastrea subturonensis, Dimorphastrea sulcosa, Dimorphastrea tendagurensis, Dimorphastrea tenuistriata, Dimorphastrea tenustriata, Dimorphastrea toucasi, Dimorphastrea udzlourensis, Dimorphastrea vasiformis, Dimorphastrea vaughani, Dimorphastrea waehneri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mitoda, Sakawa area, which is in a Tithonian/Berriasian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Japan
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mitoda, Sakawa area
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