Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Full reference: G. Y. Sikharulidze. 1985. Geksakorally urgonskoy fatsii Dzirulskogo Massiva i ego cevernogo obramlyeniya [Hexacorals from the Urgonian facies of the Dzirul Massif and its northern frame]. Akademiya Nauk Gruzinskoy SSR, Geologicheskiy Institut imeni A I Dzhanelidze, Trudy 88:1-78
Belongs to Latiastrea according to W. Kiessling 2014
Sister taxa: Latiastraea magna, Latiastrea baumbergeri, Latiastrea bendukidzeae, Latiastrea canavarii, Latiastrea foulassensis, Latiastrea gironensis, Latiastrea greppini, Latiastrea minima, Latiastrea mucronata, Latiastrea pakongensis, Latiastrea paronai, Latiastrea pjtkovi, Latiastrea somaensis, Latiastrea valfinensis, Latiastrea variabilis, Latiastrea whitneyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mokhorotubani, Dzirul Massif, which is in a Hauterivian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Georgia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Puerto Llano, Sierra del Pozo, Jaen, Andalucia
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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