Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Full reference: T. Haikawa and T. Ishibashi. 1981. Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) okinawaense, a new Permian coral from Okinawa-jima, Ryukyu Islands. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology 24(3):179-188

Belongs to Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) according to T. Haikawa and T. Ishibashi 1981

Sister taxa: Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) akasakense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) asperum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) carinatum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) ciliense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) compactum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) crassiseptum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) elegantulum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) gyanyimaense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) huangi, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) indicum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) intermedium, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) kueichowense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) longiseptatum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) minutum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) ngariense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) novaezelandiae, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) oriensis, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) polyseptatum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) pulchrum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) ramosum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) simplex, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) smithi, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) tachtabulasicum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) virgalense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) yini, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) yunnanense

Type specimen: Akiyoshi-dai Museum ASM10736-3a. Its type locality is Sakimotobu, Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa-jima, which is in a Wordian carbonate lime mudstone in the Yonamine Formation of Japan.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sakimotobu, Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa-jima

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