Calamophylliopsis lombricalis D'Orbigny 1850 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae

Alternative combinations: Calamophyllia lombricalis, Cladophyllia lumbricalis

Belongs to Calamophylliopsis according to L. Beauvais 1964

See also Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857

Sister taxa: Calamophylliopsis cervina, Calamophylliopsis compacta, Calamophylliopsis compressa, Calamophylliopsis crassa, Calamophylliopsis elegans, Calamophylliopsis etalloni, Calamophylliopsis flabellum, Calamophylliopsis fotisalensis, Calamophylliopsis klothoensis, Calamophylliopsis kyrvakarensis, Calamophylliopsis marini, Calamophylliopsis moreauana, Calamophylliopsis sandbergeri, Calamophylliopsis simonyi, Calamophylliopsis stockesi, Calamophylliopsis vidali, Cladophylliopsis alternicosta

Type specimen: syntypes MNHN.F.A09389- A09390 , a partial skeleton

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Valfin-les-Saint-Claude, Jura, Franche-Compte (Jurassic of France)

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