Ovalastrea cretacea Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Alternative combination: Favia cretacea

Full reference: E. Morycowa and A. Marcopoulou-Diacantoni. 2002. Albian corals from the Subpelagonian Zone of Central Greece (Agrostylia, Parnassos region). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 72:1-65

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 dubia, Ovalastrea fredericksburgensis, Ovalastrea lobata, Ovalastrea michelini, Ovalastrea pecosensis, Ovalastrea plicata, Ovalastrea polygonalis, Ovalastrea proeminens, Ovalastrea pseudolorioli, Ovalastrea recki, Ovalastrea regularis, Ovalastrea tenuistriata, Ovalastrea urgonica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Agrostylia, Parnassos, which is in an Albian open shallow subtidal limestone in Greece

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Agrostylia, Parnassos

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