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 actinodiscus, Fungia borneensis, Fungia decipiens, Fungia fungites, Fungia halophila, Fungia inaequicostata, Fungia klunzingeri, 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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