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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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