†Heterastridium conglobatum Reuss 1854 (fire coral)
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Hydrozoa - Milleporina - Heterastrididae
Belongs to Heterastridium according to H. M. E. Shepherd et al. 2012
See also Smith 1927 and Stanley 1994
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), Cyprus (1), Indonesia (2), Iran (2), Mexico (2), New Caledonia (1), the Russian Federation (4), Tajikistan (1), United States (6: Alaska)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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