Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Full reference: M. Eguchi. 1951. Mesozoic hexacorals from Japan. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Geology 24:1-96
Belongs to Favites according to M. Eguchi 1951
Sister taxa: Favites abdita, Favites acuticollis, Favites ambigua, Favites autignacensis, Favites borneensis, Favites carryensis, Favites chinensis, Favites complanata, Favites crassiseptata, Favites densisepta, Favites detecta, Favites flexuosa, Favites gabbi, Favites halicora, Favites inaequiseptata, Favites macrocalyx, Favites magnificata, Favites magnistellata, Favites mexicana, Favites micropentagona, Favites mimbastensis, Favites neglecta, Favites neugeboreni, Favites neuvillei, Favites oligocenica, Favites pauciseptata, Favites pentagona, Favites polygonalis, Favites rhomboidea, Favites rotundata, Favites spinosa, Favites stylifera, Favites tesserifera, Favites valenciennesii, Favites verbeeki, Favites yamanarii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Itsukaichi, which is in an Oxfordian/Tithonian perireef or subreef limestone in Japan
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Itsukaichi
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