Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Full reference: G.M.A. El-Asa'ad. 1991. Oxfordian hermatypic corals from central Saudi Arabia. Géobios 24(3):267-287

Belongs to Coenastraea according to G.M.A. El-Asa'ad 1991

Sister taxa: Coenastraea arabica, Coenastraea hyatti, Coenastraea madagascariensis, Coenastraea martis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jabal al Abakhayn (Ulayyah), Saudi Arabia, which is in an Oxfordian/Oxfordian reef, buildup or bioherm framestone in the Hanifa Formation of Saudi Arabia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jabal al Abakhayn (Ulayyah), Saudi Arabia

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