Dimorpharaea deickei Boelsche 1877 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae

Alternative combination: Dimorphastrea deickei

Belongs to Dimorpharaea according to H. Löser 1994

Sister taxa: Dimorpharaea aequiseptalis, Dimorpharaea burulchiensis, Dimorpharaea catalaunica, Dimorpharaea convexa, Dimorpharaea desori, Dimorpharaea expansa, Dimorpharaea globularis, Dimorpharaea japonica, Dimorpharaea koechlini, Dimorpharaea lehmani, Dimorpharaea lentiformis, Dimorpharaea lineata, Dimorpharaea manchacaensis, Dimorpharaea munsteri, Dimorpharaea ornata, Dimorpharaea stellans, Dimorpharaea tosaensis, Dimorpharaea williamsonensis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (2 collections), Germany (2), Spain (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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