Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Alternative combinations: Actinastrea decaphylla, Astrea decaphylla, Astrocoenia decaphylla
Belongs to Stelidioseris according to H. Löser 2012
See also Bendukidze 1956, Duncan 1863, Kiessling 2008 and Kuzmicheva 1987
Sister taxa: Stelidioseris bellensis, Stelidioseris gibbosa, Stelidioseris hourqi, Stelidioseris japonica, Stelidioseris kunthi, Stelidioseris major, Stelidioseris melkarthi, Stelidioseris minima, Stelidioseris pattoni, Stelidioseris retifera, Stelidioseris tendagurensis, Stelidioseris tourtiensis, Stelidioseris whitneyi
Subtaxa: Actinastrea decaphylla madagascariensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Egypt (1)
• Cretaceous of Azerbaijan (2), Bulgaria (2), Georgia (1), Tanzania (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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