Somalica minor Eliasova 1991 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae

Alternative combination: Saxuligyra minor

Full reference: H. Eliasova. 1991. Rhipidogyridés (Scléractiniaires) du Crétacé de Bohême (Cénomanien supérieur-Turonien inférieur, Tchécoslovaquie). Bulletin of the Geological Survey 66(3):163-172

Belongs to Somalica according to R. Baron-Szabo 2009

See also Eliasova 1991

Sister taxon: Somalica maior

Type specimen: Its type locality is Neratovice, Czechia, which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in the Korycany Formation of the Czech Republic

Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Neratovice, Czechia

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