Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Full reference: H. D. Thomas. 1935. Jurassic corals and Hydrozoa, together with a re-description of Astraea caryophylloides Goldfuss. The Mesozoic Palaeontology of British Somaliland, Geology and Palaeontology of British Somaliland, II 23-39
Belongs to Meandraraea according to H. D. Thomas 1935
Sister taxa: Meandraraea duboisi, Meandraraea gazaensis, Meandraraea granulata, Meandraraea gresslyi, Meandraraea hiraigaensis, Meandraraea laminata, Meandraraea lorioli, Meandraraea media, Meandraraea mitodaensis, Meandraraea miyakoensis, Meandraraea nipponica, Meandraraea pelissieri, Meandraraea plummeri, Meandraraea robusta, Meandraraea slatteri, Meandraraea somaensis, Meandraraea subataciana, Meandraraea tulae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Daghani, bed 217, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bihen Limestone Formation of Somalia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Daghani, bed 217
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