Amplexocarinia alternans Eichwald 1856 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Laccophyllidae

Alternative combination: Amplexus alternans

Belongs to Amplexocarinia according to J. Fedorowski and V. B. Gorianov 1973

Sister taxa: Amplexocarinia abichi, Amplexocarinia beyrichi, Amplexocarinia chilungensis, Amplexocarinia cristata, Amplexocarinia dentiformis, Amplexocarinia geyeri, Amplexocarinia geyeri, Amplexocarinia jiangxiensis, Amplexocarinia kangmarensis, Amplexocarinia muralis, Amplexocarinia subtilis, Amplexocarinia xainzaensis, Amplexocarinia yunnanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sterlitamak Hill, which is in a Sakmarian marine horizon in the Russian Federation

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sterlitamak Hill

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