†Bantamia gerthi Yabe and Eguchi 1943 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Full reference: H. Yabe and M. Eguchi. 1943. Note on the two Hexacoralla, Goniocorella dumosa (Alcock) and Batamia gerthi, gn. et sp. nov. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy 19(8):494-500
Belongs to Bantamia according to H. Yabe and M. Eguchi 1943
Sister taxa: Bantamia condocostata, Bantamia hiraigaensis, Bantamia tingriensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Coo, Java, which is in a Miocene marine limestone in Indonesia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Coo, Java
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