Ovalastrea dubia de Fromentel 1857 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Alternative combinations: Phyllocoenia dubia, Plesiofavia dubia

Belongs to Ovalastrea according to R. Baron-Szabo 2009

See also Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002

Sister taxa: Ovalastraea cesaredensis, Ovalastraea heckeri, Ovalastrea bihinensis, Ovalastrea caryophylloides, Ovalastrea collignoni, Ovalastrea crassa, Ovalastrea cretacea, Ovalastrea fredericksburgensis, Ovalastrea lobata, Ovalastrea michelini, Ovalastrea pecosensis, Ovalastrea plicata, Ovalastrea polygonalis, Ovalastrea proeminens, Ovalastrea pseudolorioli, Ovalastrea recki, Ovalastrea regularis, Ovalastrea tenuistriata, Ovalastrea urgonica

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Greece (1 collection), Serbia and Montenegro (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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