Bantamia hiraigaensis Eguchi 1951 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Alternative combination: Pseudoagatheria hiraigaensis

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

Belongs to Bantamia according to R. Baron-Szabo 2009

See also Eguchi 1951

Sister taxa: Bantamia condocostata, Bantamia gerthi, Bantamia tingriensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hiraiga, southern cliff, Tanohata-mura, which is in an Aptian perireef or subreef sandstone in the Hiraiga Sandstone Formation of Japan

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hiraiga, southern cliff, Tanohata-mura

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