†Caryophyllia (Premocyathus) compressa Yabe and Eguchi 1942 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Alternative combination: Premocyathus compressus
Full reference: H. Yabe and M. Eguchi. 1942. Fossil and recent simple corals from Japan. Science reports of the Tohoku Imperial University, Geology 22(2):105-178
Belongs to Caryophyllia (Premocyathus) according to S. D. Cairns 1994
See also Yabe and Eguchi 1942
Sister taxon: Caryophyllia (Premocyathus) ceratoconus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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