Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Full reference: G. A. Goldfuss. 1826. Petrefacta Germaniæ tam ea : quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata = Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der petrefacten Deutschlands und der angränzenden Länder /. 1-76
Belongs to Fungia according to Goldfuss 1826
Sister taxa: Fungia (Verrillofungia), Fungia actinodiscus, Fungia borneensis, Fungia concinna, Fungia decipiens, Fungia fralinae, Fungia fungites, Fungia granulosa, Fungia halophila, Fungia inaequicostata, Fungia klunzingeri, Fungia moluccensis, Fungia proechinata, Fungia pseudoechinata, Fungia scabra, Fungia uniformis, Fungia valida
Type specimen: syntype BIOB-PB-Goldfuss 167, a skeleton
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Massawa (Quaternary of Eritrea)
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