Cryptangia alloiteaui Kühn 1965 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae

Full reference: O. Kühn. 1965. Korallen und Bryozoen aus der bayerischen Molasse [Corals and Bryozoa from the Bavarian Molasse]. Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie 5:29-68

Belongs to Cryptangia according to O. Kühn 1965

Sister taxon: Cryptangia reptans

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gernergraben, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in Germany

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gernergraben

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